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VARIABLES IN PYTHON
Variables are memory reference points where we store values which can be accessed or changed
later. The names given to variables are known as identifiers. In Python, we do not need to
specify the type of variable because Python is a dynamically typed and automatically identifies
the variable's type. Let’s understand this with the help of the given examples.
num = 0.4
_price = 30.3
TOTAL = round(_price * num,2)
print(TOTAL)
Declaring and Initialising a Variable
In Python, variables are declared and initialised at the same time in the following way:
a = 10
b = 20
print ("a=", a)
print ("b=", b)
On the output screen, a = 20 and b = 40 will be printed. You can also assign the same value
to multiple variables at the time in the following way:
a = b = 20
print ("a=", a)
print ("b=", b)
On the output screen, a = 20 and b = 20 will be printed.
You can also assign multiple values to multiple variables in the same line in the following way:
name, age, grade = "Gunjan", 15, 'VII'
print ("Name is", name)
print ("Age is", age)
print ("Grade is", grade)
On the output screen, Name is Gunjan, Age is 15 and Grade is VII will be printed.
You must follow the given rules while creating and naming the variables:
✶ A variable name must start with a letter or an underscore character.
✶ A variable name cannot start with a number.
✶ A variable name can only contain alphanumeric characters (all the letters of the alphabet and
numbers) and underscore (_).
✶ Variable names are case-sensitive.
✶ Variable names cannot contain any special character or symbol except underscore.
DATA TYPES
A data type specifies the type of value a variable can contain. For example, a person’s name must
be stored as a string value whereas the person’s age must be stored as an integer. Data types in
Python are:
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