A variable can be considered as a storage container for data.

Every variable will have a name.

It is a good way to store information while making it easy to refer to that information in our code later.

For instance, instead of working with the number 3.14, we can assign it to a variable pi and use it as many times as we want in our code (wherever required).

The equal sign (=) is used to assign values to variables.

The syntax for assigning values to a variable is as follows: Variable name = value or information.

Example:

• x = 5
• y = "John"