Python Variables: Your First Step to Coding

Imagine you have a box with a label on it. The label is the variable's name, and whatever you put inside is its value. In Python, we create variables like this: my_age = 10 my_name = "Alex" favorite_number = 7 That's it! You just created three variables. 'my_age' holds the number 10, 'my_name' holds the text "Alex", and 'favorite_number' holds 7. Python remembers these values so you can use them later in your program.

Just like naming a pet, there are some rules for naming variables: ✅ Use lowercase letters: my_score ✅ Use underscores for spaces: player_name ✅ Make names meaningful: age (not just 'a') ❌ Don't start with numbers: 1player (wrong!) ❌ No spaces: my score (wrong!) ❌ No special characters: my@score (wrong!) Good variable names help you and others understand your code!

Python has different types of variables: 🔢 Numbers (integers): age = 12, score = 100 🔢 Decimal numbers (floats): height = 4.5, price = 9.99 📝 Text (strings): name = "Sam", city = "Mumbai" ✅ True/False (booleans): is_happy = True, game_over = False Python is smart - it figures out the type automatically when you create a variable!

Open Python and try creating these variables: # About you your_name = "Your Name Here" your_age = 10 favorite_color = "blue" loves_coding = True # Print them out print("Hello, my name is", your_name) print("I am", your_age, "years old") print("My favorite color is", favorite_color) Run this code and see what happens! Change the values to make it about you.