Lesson Contribution - Episode 1 Introduction

[Talishask]

I'm a member of The Carpentries Core Team and I'm submitting this issue on behalf of another member of the community. In most cases, I won't be able to follow up or provide more details other than what I'm providing below.

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In the statement showing how variable names should be formulated, add the following rules. In Python, variable names:

• cannot be a python keyword

Ex: Say you have a minimum weight that people should pass to be considered for blood donation, you can’t have a variable called pass since this is a python keyword.

• can start with an underscore

Ex: _weight

• Should be descriptive

Your variable name should tell others what it stores e.g. the weight variable will most likely be associated with weight unlike w which could be; words, waffles, wagon etc.