How to set python variables to true or false?

Question

I want to set a variable in Python to true or false. But the words true and false are interpreted as undefined variables:

#!/usr/bin/python a = true;  b = true; if a == b:             print("same"); 

The error I get:

a = true NameError: global name 'true' is not defined  

What is the python syntax to set a variable true or false?

Python 2.7.3

Answer 1

First to answer your question, you set a variable to true or false by assigning True or False to it:

myFirstVar = True myOtherVar = False 

If you have a condition that is basically like this though:

if <condition>:     var = True else:     var = False 

then it is much easier to simply assign the result of the condition directly:

var = <condition> 

In your case:

match_var = a == b