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Python Python Basics (2015) Logic in Python Booleans

How if "False" not a falsey value???

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booleans.py
right = "True"
wrong = "False"

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hi Seth,

"False" in quotation marks is a String not a value, and any string will always return a Truthy value.

Hope that clears it up. :)

Keep Coding! :dizzy: