Python – Variable Types

Variables are nothing but reserved memory locations to store values. This means that when you create a variable you reserve some space in memory.

Assigning values to Variables:

Python variables do not have to be explicitly declared to reserve memory space. The declaration happens automatically when you assign a value to a variable. The equal sign (=) is used to assign values to variables.

The operand to the left of the = operator is the name of the variable, and the operand to the right of the = operator is the value stored in the variable. For example:

#!/usr/bin/python

Counter = 100             #An integer assignment.

Miles = 1000.0                        #A Floating point.

Name = “John”           #A String

Print Counter

Print Miles

Print Name

This will produce following result:

100

1000.0

John