## Variables in Python Let's talk about variables. In Python, we can assign different variables. Our generative AI is even giving us a suggestion here. And variables are essentially keywords that we can use to represent some other value. For example, we can say: ```python my_variable = 7 ``` Now, anytime we use this keyword, my_variable, it's going to represent the number 7. So, if we were to print out my_variable, what do you think it will print out? Well, if we hit this little play button here to execute the cell, we see it prints out the number 7 because my_variable now represents 7. The keywords or the names of your variables can be almost anything that you want. We can assign almost anything to a variable, and Python comes with many types. For example, we can assign numbers: ```python my_number = 10 ``` We can assign something called booleans which are true or false. We can say: ```python my_boolean = True ``` We can also do false. We can assign whole strings or text: ```python my_string = "hello!" ``` Strings are denoted by being between these little quotes here. We can use single quotes or double quotes, both work great in Python. If the word string is a little confusing to you, just know that anytime someone says hey, this is a string, a string just means it's text. It means it's not a number, it's not a boolean, it's just text.