difference between is and == in python3.why the same is operator giving different output when comparing id of the list and direc

Question

ex:>>> dates=[1,2,3,4,5,]
>>> number=dates
>>> id(dates) is id(number)
False
>>> id(dates)
18091624
>>> id(number)
18091624
>>> id(dates)==id(number)
True
>>> m=[1,2,3]
>>> dates is number
True
>>>

Answer 1

is checks the object instances to see if they are the same. id(dates) is id(number) has two different integers both with the same value so false. dates is number both have the same list instance so true. == checks the values are the same.

Answer 2

thanks for quick response. now i understood