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Henning Holm
4,163 PointsWord without quote marks
If I connect a word to a variable without using quote marks like: favorite_food = pizza . What is pizza now defined as, since its not a string or an integer?
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Haider Ali
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 24,728 PointsIf you try and do this and pizza is not already a variable with a value, it will give you a name error. If you try and assign something that does not exist like an undefined variable to another variable, it will always give you NameError. However if a pizza variable does exist, then favorite pizza's value will be the value of pizza. E.g. If pizza holds the integer 1 and you do favorite_food = pizza then favorite food will also hold the value 1.
Henning Holm
4,163 PointsI see! I just realized the word pizza was already assigned to a value... sorry, not very bright question! Thanks for making understand this! :)
Chris Campisi
1,226 PointsMake sure when someone gives you a good answer that you mark the question as complete.
Henning Holm
4,163 PointsOkei, do I click the "Best Answer" button to do that?
Chris Campisi
1,226 PointsYep :)