boolean - 'True' and 'False' in Python

Question

I tried running this piece of code:

path = '/bla/bla/bla'

if path is True:
    print "True"
else:
    print "False"

And it prints False. I thought Python treats anything with value as True. Why is this happening?

Answer 1

is compares identity. A string will never be identical to a not-string.

== is equality. But a string will never be equal to either True or False.

You want neither.

path = '/bla/bla/bla'

if path:
    print "True"
else:
    print "False"