Can anyone please tell me what does code does

Question

Can anyone explain to me how this code works: df['male'] = df['Sex'] == 'male'

Answer 1

Set the row value of male column is true, if the value of sex column is "male" for the given DataFrame, df.

Edit:
example,

Sex male
----------------
1 male True
2 female False
3 male True

Answer 2

Esch Perfect answer.