Variables in coding pt. 1

The most common way to leverage a computer's memory is by creating a...

• Variable

• Constant

• App

• Program

A variable is just a _____ for storing a____

• constant; value

• container; value

• constant; variable

• container; variable

Which of the following are examples of variables in a video game code?

• character

• score

• lives

• map

What word signals to the computer that you are about to create a variable?

• var

• con

• =

• score

Order when creating variables is important. The label must appear on the ____and the value must appear on the ____

• left; right

• right; left

What is it called when a programmer creates and assigns a variable in the same step?

• Initializing the variable

• Integrating the variable

• Entering the variable

• Evaluating the variable

The equals sign is often called what in the programming world?

• the assignment variable

• the equality set

• the assignment operator

• the indicator

Which phrase is used by programmers instead of saying "equals"

• "is"

• "the same as"

• "assigned"

• "gets the value"

Some programming languages avoid the confusion of the equals sign by using a different sign entirely. Which sign below can be used in place of = in some coding languages?

• =

• <_

• >

• --

Whenever you want to set a variable later in the code, you refer to it by ____

• the last known value of that variable

• the sequence of the variable

• the label assigned by the computer program

• the label you assigned when you created the variable