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Introducing output / printing

Printing on multiple lines

Printing Multiple Values on One Line

Mixing Text and Numbers

Meet the Variable (Python's Storage Boxes)

Data Types (The Right Container for the Right Data)

Changing Values and the Rules of Naming

Python as a Calculator (Math Operations)

Coding Shortcuts (Assignment Operators)

Making Decisions (Relational Operators)

The "Strict and Chill" Rules (Logical Operators)

The VIP Line (Operator Precedence and Associativity)

Introduction to strings

Quiz on strings

String Indexing and Slicing

Module test: Strings in Python

How to take user input

Practice problems

Module test: User input

Intro to if / else

Quiz on conditions

Combining conditions - And / or

Module test: Conditional statements

Learn to debug common errors

Practice debugging

Module test: Debugging

Introduction to Lists

List Operations

Module Test: Lists

Break and Continue

Module Test: Loops

Learn about functions

Use functions in problems

Module test: Functions

Learn about tuples

Module test: Tuples / dictionary

Sum and Average

Finding Minimum and Maximum

Combining Loops + Conditions

Module Practice Quiz

Challenge: Sum of Numbers

Challenge: Count Even Numbers

Challenge: Find the Largest Number

Challenge: Filter Passing Scores

Challenge: Search for a Product

Mini Project: Student Score Analyzer

Python Basics Final Assessment

Meet the Variable (Python's Storage Boxes)

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Meet the Variable (Python's Storage Boxes)

In Python, a variable is just a nickname you give to a piece of information so you can easily find it later.

Think of it like saving a friend's number in your phone. You don't memorize their exact phone number—you just save it under a name like "Sam". In Python, variables do the exact same thing for your data.

pizza_slices = 8

Here is how that single line of code breaks down:

pizza_slices is the name you chose (your label).
8 is the actual information you want to save (the data).
= is the magic bridge. It tells Python, "Store the number 8 under the name pizza_slices."

Whenever you need that number again, you don't type 8. You just call the variable's name!

print(pizza_slices)

Output: 8

Behind the Scenes

You might hear programmers use fancy words like Declaration (creating the variable) and Initialization (giving it a value).

💡 The Biggest Beginner Mistake: Using Quotes Python is very literal. If you put quotation marks around a word, Python thinks you just want to print out those exact letters. If you leave the quotes off, Python knows it is a variable and goes looking for the hidden value inside. Without quotes (finds the hidden number):
print(pizza_slices)
# Output: 8
With quotes (just prints the word):
print("pizza_slices")
# Output: pizza_slices