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Posted by Kevin Heck
Kevin Heck
960 Points

How do I name a variable?

I am doing a challenge and the first part is "Create a variable with the word name and your own name.

I have tried: name = Kevin as well as Kevin = name

No dice. Any help would be great!!!

name.py 
name = input("What's your name? ")

3 Answers

michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points
michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points

name = "me" =) does that help?

Kevin Heck
Kevin Heck
960 Points

Brilliant!! Thanks mate!

Rich Donnellan
MOD
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

Strings must be defined with either single or double quotes.

name = 'your name'

or 

name = "your name"

Hope this clears things up a bit more.

-Rich

michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points
michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points

I gave the best answer? =D