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The document explains the concept of variables in programming, defining them as names given to data stored in memory locations. It highlights the importance of both data and instructions in a program, and details how variables are declared and initialized in Python, noting that type declaration is not required. Additionally, it provides examples of variable assignment and the ability to declare multiple variables in a single statement.

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Variables

The document explains the concept of variables in programming, defining them as names given to data stored in memory locations. It highlights the importance of both data and instructions in a program, and details how variables are declared and initialized in Python, noting that type declaration is not required. Additionally, it provides examples of variable assignment and the ability to declare multiple variables in a single statement.

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Variables

Before getting into variables, let us see what is a program.

• Program is a set of instructions written in a programming language to


perform tasks.

• A program has two important elements.

1. Data : It is a information such as facts and numbers upon which


operations are performed.
2. Instructions: A set of steps to perform operations upon data.

• Every program needs data and instructions irrespective of the


programming language used.
• Instructions without data is useless.

Let us see what are Variables?.

• Data in a program is handled by variables.

• Variables are the names given to the data stored in a memory


location.
• Variable is the identi er, reference to the data.

Lets us understand a variable with an example.

age = 15

Variable Data
fi
Another example

name = ‘soap'
price = 15
weight= 10

Variable Data

• Python variable declaration:


- Unlike other programming languages, in python variable is declared
and initialised at the same time.

“=“ Assignment operator

a = 10

Declaration Initialisation

- Declaring a variable is giving the name to the data.


- Initialisation is storing the value in a variable.
• In python declaring a variable without initialising or say with out the
data is not allowed.
b= 12.5 ( declaration and initialisation)
c (only declaration , is not allowed)

• Unlike other programming languages like c, c++, java, in python


declaration of data type for a variable is not required.
• The value assigned to the variable determines the data type of the
variable.
• Declaration and initialisation of multiple variables:
- In python multiple variables can be declared and initialised in a
single statement.

Example:

a,b,c = 5,10,15

Here:
a=5,b=10,c=15 , values will be stored in the respective
variables in the order they are declared.

name, price,weight=‘soap’,10,15

Here:
name=‘soap’, price=10, weight=15
Example : Assigning same value to multiple variables:

x, y, z=1,1,1 or x=y=z=1

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