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Python Python Basics (2015) Python for Beginners Create a variable

Posted by erik Jones Oniga
erik Jones Oniga
3,307 Points

python

make a variable name

variable.py 
 name = ''Kennet''

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Strings are started and closed either with a double quote mark " or with a single single quote mark ', you are using two single quotes to open and close the string which is invalid.

If you remove one single quote from each side like this:

name = 'Kennet'

Then your code will work.