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Python - Variable Names

  Python - Variable Names In Python, a variable is a named location in memory that stores a value. A variable name is used to reference the value stored in the variable. There are a few rules for naming variables in Python: Variable names can only contain letters, numbers, and underscores. They cannot begin with a number. Variable names are case-sensitive, so myVariable and myvariable are different variables. Python reserves a set of words that cannot be used as variable names, known as keywords. Some examples of keywords include for , while , def , and class . Variable names should be descriptive and meaningful, but they should also be concise. It is a good idea to use short, all-lowercase names for most variables, and to use underscores to separate words (e.g., my_variable ). Here are some examples of valid and invalid variable names in Python: # Valid variable names my_variable = 10 x = 5 student_name =...