Variables and String Interpolation

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What does the following code print to the console? x = 32 print(x)	`32` is printed to the console. `x = 32` is an example of variable assignment. The variable `x` is assigned to the value `32`.
Assign the variable `my_city` to the string `"New York"`. Print `my_city` to the console.	my_city = "New York" print(my_city)
What does the following code print to the console? num1 = 10 num2 = 20 print(num1 + num2)	`30` is printed to the console. The variable `num1` is assigned to the value `10`. The variable `num2` is assigned to the value `20`. The variables are added and the sum is printed to the console.
What does the following code print to the console? s1 = "hot" s2 = "dog" print(s1 + s2)	"hotdog" is printed to the console. The variable `s1` is assigned to the value `"hot"` and the variable `s2` is assigned to the value `"dog"`. The strings are concatenated and the resulting value (`"hotdog"`) is printed to the console.
What does the following code print to the console? print(f"I like the number {6 + 2}")	"I like the number 8" is printed to the console. This example uses string interpolation. When a string is preceded with a `f` it tells Python to use string interpolation and it will evaluate all values enclosed by brackets (`{}`) in the string.
What does the following code print to the console? first_name = "television" hobby = "homer" tmp = first_name first_name = hobby hobby = tmp print(f"{first_name} likes to watch {hobby}")	`"homer likes to watch television"` is printed to the console. This exercise uses the `tmp` variable to switch the values of the `first_name` and `hobby` variables. String interpolation is used to print the resulting string to the console.
What does the following code print to the console? first_name, last_name = "edward", "norton" print(f"{first_name} {last_name} is an actor")	`"edward norton is an actor"` is printed to the console. `first_name, last_name = "edward", "norton"` is an example of multiple assignment in Python. This syntactic sugar makes it easier to simultaneously assign multiple values. We could have also assigned the variables on separate lines. first_name = "edward" last_name = "norton" String interpolation is used to embed the two variables in a string.
What does the following code print the console? y = 34 y = "pablo" print(y)	`"pablo"` is printed. `y` is initially assigned to 34. `y` is then reassigned to `"pablo"`. When a variable is reassigned, it loses all knowledge of other variables that it used to be assigned to.