Colt Stelle: Notes

Variables

• A variable in Python is like a variable in mathematics: it is a named symbol that holds a value.

Python Escape Sequences

**Examples** 

# Set the message variable equal to any string containing a new-line escape sequence
message = "Hello \\n goodbye"
 
# Add a string to the mountains variable that when printed results in: /\\/\\/\\
# You will need to use an escape sequence more than once!
 
mountains = "/\\\\/\\\\/\\\\"
 
 
# Set the quotation variable to any string that contains an escaped double quotation mark
quotation = "My cat said \\"meow\\""

for loops

In Python, for loops are written like this: