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"""Python variables"""

1. you can store a value in a variable

message = "What's up, Doc?" n = 17 pi = 3.14159

1. you can print a variable

print message print pi

1. the variable has the same type as the value stored in it:

print type(message) print type(n) print type(pi)

1. not all variable names are valid

76trombones = "big parade" more$ = 1000000 class = "CS580"

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