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  • Parker Rose
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    Why would you ever use a constant when you could use a variable instead?

    Posted January 4, 2016 2:16am by Parker Rose
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  • Sahil Satsangi
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    Need correction in: Q. Constant with explicit type float and any value.

    Posted June 30, 2015 12:22pm by Sahil Satsangi
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  • Roland Shen
    Roland Shen
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    Why do you have to use the implicit type?

    Posted June 16, 2015 6:32am by Roland Shen
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  • NOUR A ALGHAMDI
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    what is the benefit of specifying the implicit type?

    Posted June 15, 2015 4:00am by NOUR A ALGHAMDI
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  • Jesse Lopez
    Jesse Lopez
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    explicit variable type?

    Posted February 28, 2015 5:29am by Jesse Lopez
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  • Sean Higgins
    Sean Higgins
    296 Points

    Is let always a constant?

    Posted January 23, 2015 6:03pm by Sean Higgins
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  • Aidan Bartlett
    Aidan Bartlett
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    If you have an implicit variable, how do you know it's been assigned correctly?

    Posted January 9, 2015 12:26am by Aidan Bartlett
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  • Kevin Wessell
    Kevin Wessell
    155 Points

    What is a "String"? The video showed the word after a colon but did not really explain what one is or why you use it.

    Posted November 23, 2014 8:58pm by Kevin Wessell
    Kevin Wessell
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  • Jason Hernandez Berland
    Jason Hernandez Berland
    1,575 Points

    Do you have to declare implicit type?

    Posted November 15, 2014 12:33am by Jason Hernandez Berland
    Jason Hernandez Berland
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