About lists

Question

Why the output will be (False)?

a = [8,0,4,6,1]
if (a is a[:]):
print (True)
else:
print (False)

Answer 1

Jan Markus Can we say that we specified another variable (again named (a)) so it is different from the first variable (a)!?
if yes, then how can (a==a[:]) will be True?
are they count as different variables with same arguments?

Answer 2

Jay Matthews is right. To see if both variables hold the same Content use '=='. To see if both variables are related to the same Object use 'is'

b = a
print (a == b) #true
print (a is b) #true

b = a[:]
print (a == b) #true
print (a is b) #false