bool b = (num == 100) this doesn't work?

[MelonMusk]

bool b = num == 100

why this doesn't work?

[menator01]

num = 100
bool(num)
bool(num) == 100
num == 100
b = num == 100
b

Output:
True
False
True
True

[bowlofred]

What do you expect that line to do?

Python doesn't declare the type of the variable, so you wouldn't say

int x = 10

So if you get rid of the bool at front you end up with

b = num == 100

which can be parsed as

b = (num == 100)