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Output Variables Variable Names
Global Variables A variable can have a short name (like x and y) or a more descriptive name (age, carname, total_volume). Rules for Python
Variable Exercises variables:
Python Data Types
A variable name must start with a letter or the underscore character
Python Numbers A variable name cannot start with a number
Python Casting A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric characters and underscores (A-z, 0-9, and _ )
Python Strings Variable names are case-sensitive (age, Age and AGE are three different variables)
Python Booleans A variable name cannot be any of the Python keywords.
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Python If...Else myvar = "John"
my_var = "John"
_my_var = "John"
myVar = "John"
MYVAR = "John"
myvar2 = "John"

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my var = "John"

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Remember that variable names are case-sensitive

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Multi Words Variable Names

Variable names with more than one word can be difficult to read.

There are several techniques you can use to make them more readable:

Camel Case
Each word, except the first, starts with a capital letter:

myVariableName = "John"

Pascal Case
Each word starts with a capital letter:

MyVariableName = "John"

Snake Case
Each word is separated by an underscore character:

my_variable_name = "John"

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