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Jessica Brown
228 PointsChallenge task 1 of 1- Create a variable
I have tried everything I can think of to write this code right, and I am obviously doing something wrong. How do I make a variable named name, and then assign the variable to my own name?
name = Jessica
print("Jessica")
2 Answers
James Auger
565 PointsThis is because you're printing off a variable that hasn't been set, nothing has been set to the variable named Jessica. If you want to display "Jessica", pass the variable you have set. This variable is called name, Jessica is data not a variable. Full example: name = "Jessica" print(name)
James Auger
565 PointsYou can assign a variable as a string by using quotation marks between Jessica, for example: name = "Jessica" then you can print it off as a string by typing in the variable in the print function with no quotation marks
print(name)
Jessica Brown
228 PointsThank you for responding to my question. I have tried that too and for some reason it won't take it. This is what I have:
name = "Jessica"
print(Jessica)
It still says it can't find my variable :(
Jessica Brown
228 PointsJessica Brown
228 PointsThank you so much. I totally get it now :)