Compare if two variables reference the same object in python

Question

How to check whether two variables reference the same object?

x = [\'a\', \'b\', \'c\']
y = x                 # x and y reference the same object
z = [\'a\', \'b         


        

Answer 1

You can also use id() to check which unique object each variable name refers to.

In [1]: x1, x2 = 'foo', 'foo'

In [2]: x1 == x2
Out[2]: True

In [3]: id(x1), id(x2)
Out[3]: (4509849040, 4509849040)

In [4]: x2 = 'foobar'[0:3]

In [5]: x2
Out[5]: 'foo'

In [6]: x1 == x2
Out[6]: True

In [7]: x1 is x2
Out[7]: False

In [8]: id(x1), id(x2)
Out[8]: (4509849040, 4526514944)