What does 'is' do?

[Derek Fountain]

I recently saw a use of 'is' in a piece of Python code. I was trying to find
out what it does. I can't find it in the online docs. I have the "Python in
a Nutshell" book and that mentions it as a keyword, but I can't find a
description of it in there either. It's not in the index.

Can someone tell me where to look?

 

[Andrew Bennetts]

I recently saw a use of 'is' in a piece of Python code. I was trying to find
out what it does. I can't find it in the online docs. I have the "Python in
a Nutshell" book and that mentions it as a keyword, but I can't find a
description of it in there either. It's not in the index.

Can someone tell me where to look?

How about the Language Reference Manual?

http://docs.python.org/ref/

If you look in the index, you'll find "is operator" there, which links to:

http://docs.python.org/ref/comparisons.html#l2h-432

-Andrew.

 

[Thomas Heller]

I recently saw a use of 'is' in a piece of Python code. I was trying to find
out what it does. I can't find it in the online docs. I have the "Python in
a Nutshell" book and that mentions it as a keyword, but I can't find a
description of it in there either. It's not in the index.

Can someone tell me where to look?

Second hit if you enter 'is' and press the search button:

<http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/pyhelp.cgi>

<http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/pyhelp.cgi?keyword=is&version=current>

Thomas