Lesson 7

Question 1

Variables purpose?

Answer 1

To store information multiple times throughout a program.

Question 2

4 basic types of data used in python

Answer 2

strings
integers
lists
Boolean values

Question 3

Lists

Answer 3

ordered sequence of values

Question 4

Strings

Answer 4

Represent text

Question 5

Boolean values

Answer 5

Represent true or false

Question 6

Identifier is the name of the vairable

Question 7

Don’t include spaces or symbols in identifiers

Question 8

Naming convention

Answer 8

A format for naming things like variables

Question 9

Pascal case for naming conventions

Answer 9

JollyRoger, NoWay

Question 10

Camel Case for naming conventions

Answer 10

heyOh, forReal, buriedTreasure

Question 11

Strings?

Answer 11

A group of sequenced characters within either single or double quotation marks.

Question 12

Assign a variable a string value?

Answer 12

Just use the operator the equal sign. When text is in quotation marks python recognizes it as a string and not a variable

Question 13

Three single quotation marks ( ‘’’ )

Answer 13

It allows you to enter text the exact way you want it to appear

Question 14

You can reuse variable names

Answer 14

Just assign the variable a new value and it will overwrite the original value.

Question 15

Escape character

Answer 15

Tells python to treat that character as a part of the string instead of a special character. "tornado" would fix the issue.

Question 16

line break

Answer 16

\n

Question 17

operators

Answer 17

Are symbols that represent actions that manipulate values. Many of the operators we have come from math and they can be used on string or integers.