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Python Variables

Variables are containers for storing data values.


Python has no command for declaring a variable.
A variable is created the moment you first assign a value to it.
Example
x=5
y = "John"
print(x)
print(y)
OUTPUT
5
John
1) Variables do not need to be declared with any particular type, and can even change
type after they have been set.
x=4 # x is of type int
x = "Sally" # x is now of type str
print(x)
OUTPUT
Sally

2) Casting
Casting, also known as type conversion, is a process that converts a variable's data type into
another data type.
x = str(3) # x will be '3'
y = int(3) # y will be 3
z = float(3) # z will be 3.0
OUTPUT
3
3
3.0
3) Getting the Type
You can get the data type of a variable with the type() function.
x=5
y = "John"
print(type(x))
print(type(y))
OUTPUT
<class 'int'>
<class 'str'>
4) String variables can be declared either by using single or double quotes:
x = "John"
# is the same as
x = 'John'
5) Variable names are case-sensitive.
a=4
A = "Sally"
#A will not overwrite a
This will create two variables.
6) Python allows you to assign values to multiple variables in one line
x, y, z = "Orange", "Banana", "Cherry"
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)
OUTPUT
Orange
Banana
Cherry
7) You can assign the same value to multiple variables in one line
x = y = z = "Orange"
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)
OUTPUT
Orange
Orange
Orange
8) Unpack a Collection

If you have a collection of values in a list, tuple etc. Python allows you to extract the values
into variables. This is called unpacking.
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
x, y, z = fruits
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)

OUTPUT

apple
banana
cherry

Naming a Variable

A variable can have a short name (like x and y) or a more descriptive name (age, carname,
total_volume). Rules for Python variables:

 A variable name must start with a letter or the underscore character


 A variable name cannot start with a number
 A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric characters and underscores (A-z, 0-
9, and _ )
 Variable names are case-sensitive (age, Age and AGE are three different variables)
 A variable name cannot be any of the Python keywords.

Legal variable names:

myvar = "John"
my_var = "John"
_my_var = "John"
myVar = "John"
MYVAR = "John"
myvar2 = "John"

Illegal variable names:

2myvar = "John"
my-var = "John"
my var = "John"

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