Why it is true false?

Question

def ishashtable(x):
try
set={x}
return True
except TypeError:
return False
print(ishashable(2), ishashable([2]))

True False

it is true because set={x} in our case 2 is possible/true
but why is false for [2]
?

Answer 1

(2) and {2}are both of same type, tuple, whereas [2] is a list.

Answer 2

1. Please write the code in code playground next time, because it is easier to read and understand. Or at least, if you're posting it as plain text, write it with the appropriate identation because this looks messy.

2. Use google for these kind of questions first before posting in here, because there were some threads opened in stackoverflow and similar that discussed this exact same problem, so please make an effort before you post such things.

Mutable data types like lists and dictionaries are unhashable. The only hashable data types are the immutable ones, like strings, integers...