Practical Coding in Python

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# basics.py
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# Comments are specified by the octothorpe (hashtag) `#`. 

# You declare a variable by assigning it.

# In Python, the variable's type is dynamic: both the type and
# value of a variable can change.  All types are reference types:
# every variable refers to an object, but the class can change.
# The basic types in Python are similar to the wrapper types
# Integer, Float, etc. in Java.

x = 5       # integer
print("x:", x)

x = 1.23    # float
print("x:", x)

x = "hello" # string
print("x:", x)

x = True    # boolean
print("x:", x)