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For example, let's assign different values to two variables named
eggs
and
fizz
, like
so:
>>> fizz = 10
>>> eggs = 15
Now the
fizz
variable has
10
inside it, and
eggs
has
15
inside it.
Figure 2-5: The "fizz" and "eggs" variables have values stored in them.
Without changing the value in our
spam
variable, let's try assigning a new value to the
spam variable. Enter
spam = fizz + eggs
into the shell then enter
spam
into the
shell to see the new value of spam. Can you guess what it will be?
>>> fizz = 10
>>> eggs = 15
>>> spam = fizz + eggs
>>> spam
25
>>>
The value in
spam
is now
25
because when we add
fizz
and
eggs
we are adding the
values stored inside
fizz
and
eggs
.
Summary
In this chapter you learned the basics about writing Python instructions. Python needs
you to tell it exactly what to do in a strict way, because computers don't have common
sense and only understand very simple instructions. You have learned that Python can
