Variables

[James Stroud]

I think, strictly speaking, foo would be a "name" in python.

>>> foo
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'foo' is not defined



On Saturday 23 April 2005 07:20 pm, so sayeth Richard Blackwood:
> To All:
>
>     Folks, I need your help. I have a friend who claims that if I write:
>
> foo = 5
>
> then foo is NOT a variable, necessarily. If you guys can define for me
> what a variable is and what qualifications you have to back you, I can
> pass this along to, hopefully, convince him that foo is indeed a variable.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Richard B.

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