Variables and Strings

In lesson 1 you wrote print("Hello, [your name]!") — the text was hard-coded inside the parentheses. What if you want to use that name in five different places? Or change it later? You'd be editing the same string everywhere.

A variable is a labeled box that holds a value. You put a value in once, then refer to it by name as many times as you want.

What you'll learn

• How to create a variable with =
• How to glue strings together with + (called concatenation)
• How to turn a number into text with str() so you can mix it with words

Instructions

1. The starter has two variables already:

name = "Alice"
age = 25

2. Add two print() lines so the output is exactly:

Name: Alice
Age: 25

3. Click Run to see your output, then Check to confirm.

Key concepts

Assignment uses =. The variable name goes on the left, the value on the right:

name = "Alice"      # name now refers to the string "Alice"
age = 25            # age now refers to the number 25

Concatenation with + glues strings together:

print("Hello, " + name)   # → Hello, Alice

The + is the same operator you use for math, but with strings it joins them end-to-end instead of adding numbers.

str() converts a number to text so you can join it with strings:

print("Age: " + str(age))   # → Age: 25

If you tried print("Age: " + age) without str(), Python would complain — it can't directly mix text and a number with +.

Hints

• Two print() calls — one per line of output.
• For the name line: print("Name: " + name).
• For the age line, wrap the age in str() first: print("Age: " + str(age)).
• Spaces and capitalization in the strings have to match the goal exactly.