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diff --git a/bot/resources/tags/equals-true.md b/bot/resources/tags/equals-true.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d8e1a707e --- /dev/null +++ b/bot/resources/tags/equals-true.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +embed: + title: "Comparisons to `True` and `False`" +--- +It's tempting to think that if statements always need a comparison operator like `==` or `!=`, but this isn't true. +If you're just checking if a value is truthy or falsey, you don't need `== True` or `== False`. +```py +# instead of this... +if user_input.startswith('y') == True: + my_func(user_input) + +# ...write this +if user_input.startswith('y'): + my_func(user_input) + +# for false conditions, instead of this... +if user_input.startswith('y') == False: + my_func(user_input) + +# ...just use `not` +if not user_input.startswith('y'): + my_func(user_input) +``` +This also applies to expressions that use `is True` or `is False`. |