String booleans

Question

I don't understand if any non empty string is True, then why a comparison ('string' == True) is False

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Answer 1

Hi Sator Arepo🌾🌌

That’s because you are comparing to different datatypes; a string with a boolean. But you can test this:

print(bool('string') == True)

Answer 2

A non-empty string evaluates to True only when treated as a boolean, like:
if 'something': # Evals to True

When used as is, it keeps its value:
if 'True' == True # Evals to False