Programming Basics for Beginners

What is a Variable

What if I told you that a variable isn't a scary math equation, but just a physical box with a label? Inside this box, you can store anything you want to remember for later. Let's see how computers actually manage information.

Let's give our box a name, like score. Now we can drop a value inside it, like the number ten. This process is called declaring and assigning a variable.

In code, we write this with a simple equal sign. But watch out! This doesn't mean equal like in math; it is an action that means push this value into that box.