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How to Create a Python Variable

Adina Socaci
2 min readNov 27, 2023

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Variables are a fundamental concept in programming. They are used to store data values, such as numbers, strings, and lists.

In Python, creating a variable is very simple. All you need to do is assign a value to it.

For example, to create a variable called name and assign it the string value "Alice", you would use the following code:

name = "Alice"

Python variables have the following properties:

  • Variable names can be any sequence of alphanumeric characters and underscores (_).
  • Variable names cannot start with a digit.
  • Variable names cannot be keywords.

Here are some examples of valid Python variable names:

  • name
  • my_variable
  • age
  • is_adult
  • student_grades

Here are some examples of invalid Python variable names:

  • 1name (starts with a digit)
  • if (keyword)
  • class (keyword)
  • while (keyword)

Once you have created a variable, you can use it in your code to store and retrieve data. For example, to print the value of the name variable to the console…

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Adina Socaci
Adina Socaci

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