How to use Variables in Python3?
Last Updated :
18 Aug, 2020
Variable is a name for a location in memory. It can be used to hold a value and reference that stored value within a computer program. the interpreter allocates memory and decides what can be stored in the reserved memory. Therefore, by assigning different data types to the variables, you can store integers, strings, decimals, complex in these variables. The assignment operator in Python 3 is a single equals sign (=). This operator assigns the value on the right-hand side to the variable on the left-hand side.
Example 1 : Assign value in a variable:
number = 123456
sentence = "this is a string"
print (number)
print (sentence)
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Output:
123456
this is a string
Example 2 : Multiple Assignment : Python allows us to assign one single value to several variables at the same time
a = b = c = d = e = 123
print (a)
print (b)
print (c)
print (d)
print (e)
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Output
123
123
123
123
123
An integer is created with the value 123, and all the five variables such as ( a b c d e ) are assigned to the same memory location.
Example 3 : Assign multiple objects to multiple variables :
var1, var2, var3 = 123 , 5.0 , "this is string"
print (var1)
print (var2)
print (var3)
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Output:
123
5.0
this is string
An integer objects var1 with values 123, a decimal object var2 with value 5.0, and one string object with the value “this is string” is assigned to the variable var3.
Example 4: Global and Local Variables: A global variable is declared in the global scope or outside of any function, which means the global variable is accessible outside or inside in any function. A local variable is declared inside any function or in the scope of any function. The local variable is only accessible in the scope of it’s declared function. If we try to access a local variable outside its function so this is an error.
g_var = "global variable"
def fun1():
l_var = "local variable"
print (g_var)
print (l_var)
fun1()
print (g_var)
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Output:
global variable
local variable
global variable
here the global variable print twice because we call global variable two times once in fun1 and second time outside the function.
Example 5 : Nonlocal variables : Nonlocal keyword is use to create nonlocal variables. Nonlocal variables are used in nested functions whose local scope is not defined. This means that the variable can be neither in the local nor the global scope.
def fun1():
var = "local"
def fun2():
nonlocal var
var = "nonlocal"
print ( "inner:" , var)
fun2()
print ( "outer:" , var)
fun1()
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Output:
inner: nonlocal
outer: nonlocal
Note : If we change the value of a nonlocal variable, the changes appear in the local variable.
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