Ohhhhh! I think I get it now!
So == means “equals” and is a declaration of the state of things, while = means "assigned the value of` and is a command toward a certain state of things. A description vs an action. An observation of a thing as opposed to effecting that thing.
Is that about right?
I apologize; I do not know what “metafont” is…
It would be confusing and weird if “=” did different things depending on the context.
That’s why I’m confused! It seems like it does!
If I were to write the code
x = 20
print(x*2)
it would execute as 40.
But then the video turns around and says that == is equal to, not =.
I think what I’m most confused about is I cannot for the life of me seem to wrap my head around the difference between “assignment” and “equality”. They seem exactly the same to me: when a variable is assigned a value, it’s equal to that value now.
Even if I were write the program
x = 20
print(x*2)
it would still print 40. Because x is equal to 20. Because it was assigned the value of 20.
Hell, I’ve even heard Dr. Severance say “equal to” in this context in earlier videos multiple times.
Here’s hoping they stick to it.
I imagine a lot of people switch, see how hard it is (due to it not being how they’re used to things), and then go back.
Well yeah. I mean, computers back then weren’t just spyware in a Scooby Doo mask.
Ah, that makes sense. That link was very enlightening. Thank you!
(On a side-note, I felt absolutely flashbanged by the sheer light mode of that page. Jesus Christ on a motorbike…)
I also haven’t. What is it?
How is it that no matter what the damn topic is, Linus always seems to be the most level-headed in the room? I really admire him for that…
Edit: Lol, Linus, not Linux. Linus. xD
My apologies. Your comment came off (to me anyway) as the former.
That is so weird. Haha.
I don’t mind self-learning. Hell, if I’m interested in the subject matter, I usually find myself experimenting and researching.
I’m all about that “wait, I wonder if…” mindset. 😎
I work as a cashier at a dead-end retail store in a town of 5000. (Seriously, the closest reasonably large city is like 30 minutes away.) So I don’t think there’s much of an opportunity at my current workplace. Haha.
But you still make an excellent point and it sounds like a good starting-off point. Thank you!
I didn’t know that. Thanks!
Which distros, out of curiosity?
I really appreciate the effort! My dream is to eventually learn enough from free online courses to then take a certification test and then maybe I can get a job even though I don’t have a degree. I fear my lack of a degree will doom that goal before I ever get a chance, but I have to take that chance, I feel. Also, I fucking hate customer service. Lol.
Honestly, I had a bunch of little confusions. I thought the input() function was only a string until the user typed in a value when prompted, and then it became either an integer value or a floating-point value depending on what you typed in.
Thanks to Labna@lemmy.world and your other response, I understand that it is always a string regardless until you convert it after the fact.
Also, I meant to type an asterisk instead of a plus sign when typing over my code snippet into my post. Fixed now.
Also, to answer your last question, if I do h+r or h*r, I get “5010” for the former (which makes sense) and the standard “can’t multiply sequence by non-int of type ‘str’”, which also makes sense to me now that I understand the above point.
Oh, I think I understand now.
Thank you for clarifying that to me!
But I thought the “value” doesn’t exist until the end-user types in the value, due to the use of input(). So it starts off as a string, then becomes whatever is typed in, which then gets filtered through the next line. So if I type 3, it’ll be considered as an integer, and likewise as a float if I type 3.00.
Maybe. I’m busy right now.
I might do it later. Maybe I’ll do it on
🎵 FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY 🎵
Thanks so much to you and @FizzyOrange@programming.dev for helping! This has been driving me crazy for like 3-4 weeks now! >_<