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Python Python Basics Meet Python Variables

Posted by Mustafa Kasim
Mustafa Kasim
1,938 Points

Python Basics: first name prints 'first name' in the console not 'Ada'. Why?

I followed Craig's code:

first_name = 'Ada' print('first_name') print('Hello, Mustafa') print('Mustafa is learning Python')

Yet, the console gives back: first name for the print function, not Ada. The other line are okay.

3 Answers

Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points
Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points

Because you have quotes around 'first_name' it is taken as a string.

Since you want to print the variable, leave out the quotemarks.

Mustafa Kasim
Mustafa Kasim
1,938 Points

Thank you Zimri! This worked!

Courage Ngonidzaishe Moyosvi
Courage Ngonidzaishe Moyosvi
28,998 Points
Courage Ngonidzaishe Moyosvi
Courage Ngonidzaishe Moyosvi
28,998 Points

when we summon a variable we do not apply quotation marks as that will lead the console into thinking that the code you are running is using a string and not the variable

malvernm
malvernm
187 Points
malvernm
malvernm
187 Points

Yeah I saw that. Thanks for the discussion. How about when I enter

first_name = "Aida"

why should the name Aida be in quotes unlike when I write

first_name = 11

and the number 11 doesn't need to be in quotes?