$X$ be Banach space with a proper dense subspace $Y$. Can the identity operator on $Y$ be extended to a continuous function from $X$ into $Y$?

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Let $X$ be any Banach space with a proper dense subspace $Y$. Can the identity operator on $Y$ be extended to a continuous function from $X$ into $Y$ ?

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Suppose $F$ is such an extension. Then $F(x) = x$ for $x \in Y$. But since $Y$ is dense, that implies $F(x) = x$ for all $x \in X$. So we must have $Y = X$.