[Python] SyntaxError: cannot assign to function call here. Maybe you meant '==' instead of '='?

I am very new to Python and I was currently playing around with str() function and tried to convert a floating number into a string. I tried using the below code to convert 0.005 into string, I got the error. However, when I use x=str(x), it worked. Could anyone please advise the logic behind the error?

>>> x
0.005
>>> x=str(x)
>>> x
'0.005'
>>> str(x) = 0.005
SyntaxError: cannot assign to function call here. Perhaps you meant '==' instead of '='?






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