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Storing Numbers | Variables and Types
Introduction to Python
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Introduction to Python

Introduction to Python

1. First Acquaintance
2. Variables and Types
3. Conditional Statements
4. Other Data Types
5. Loops
6. Functions

bookStoring Numbers

Variables in programming act like placeholders for data. In the last section, you crunched some numbers. But what if we want to use those numbers again later? Doing the math all over again doesn't make much sense.

To remember a value for later, we give it a name by using a variable. The equals sign = lets us set a value for that variable. For instance, you can set the variable year to the value 2024, and from there, you can display it or do more math with it.

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# Create a variable year = 2024 # Output its value print(year) # Perform an addition print(year + 10)
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Task

We're in the seventh chapter of the course. Set up a variable called chapter and give it the value 7.

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Use items from the list below by dragging and dropping them into the blanks to form a new variable.

Click or drag`n`drop items and fill in the blanks

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Section 2. Chapter 1
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