""" Purpose: introduce assignment
"""
# initialize variables
# = means assignment operator
# take what's on the right and store it in the variable on the left
# variable = value
# take value and store that in a spot called variable
# python asks computer for a frame (little bit of memory) and will track
# all of your variables in here. it will keep track of where x is, what type of
# information is stored there, and what value is there
# once the program is done, all of the memory is reallocated. no one know's what
# x is or where it was for the last program run

# VARIABLE NAMES DO NOT HAVE QUOTES

# assignment statements have targets and values
# target = value
# take the value, store it in the target
# target will always be on left

x = 10 # 10 is an integer
y = x # oh look, an x! python is going to go find x and take the value we stored

# set aside some space for this new variable, y
# y = x, what's stored in x - replace it so this becomes
# y = 10

print( "x:", x ) # label string followed by the variable, which gets the value
print( "y:", y )

# you can print multiple things in a print statement, even different types
# 'x' is a string with the character x in it, not our variable x
# we put literals in "strings"
# the plus only works when we have the same data type
# the comma lets us put any things together separated by a space