Return value of an assignment statement?

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On Feb 21, 2:43 pm, mrstephengross <mrstevegr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all. In C, an assignment statement returns the value assigned. For
> instance:
>
>   int x
>   int y = (x = 3)
>
> In the above example, (x=3) returns 3, which is assigned to y.
>
> In python, as far as I can tell, assignment statements don't return
> anything:
>
>   y = (x = 3)
>
> The above example generates a SyntaxError.
>
> Is this correct? I just want to make sure I've understood the
> semantics.
>
> Thanks,
> --Steve

x = y = 1
print x, y

--output:--
1 1

With parentheses, it looks like python thinks you are trying to do a
boolean == inside the parentheses.  It's the same error you get if you
write:

if x = y:
    print 'yes'