Assignment and augmented assignment in Python - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to assign the value 10 to the variable x.

Python

x [1] 10

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A=

B==

C+=

D:=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '==' which is for comparison, not assignment.

Using '+=' when you just want to assign a value.

The single equal sign = is used to assign a value to a variable in Python.

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medium

Complete the code to add 5 to the variable count using augmented assignment.

Python

count [1] 5

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A=

B+=

C-=

D*=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '=' which replaces the value instead of adding.

Using '-=' which subtracts instead of adding.

The += operator adds the value on the right to the variable on the left and updates it.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to multiply the variable total by 3 using augmented assignment.

Python

total [1] 3

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A*=

B*

C=

D**

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '*' which only multiplies but does not assign.

Using '=' which replaces the value without multiplying.

The *= operator multiplies the variable by the value and updates it.

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hard

Complete the code to subtract 2 from score using augmented assignment.

Python

score [1] 2

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A=

B+=

C-=

D*=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '+=' instead of '-=' for subtraction.

Using '*' or '+=' which do not subtract.

The -= operator subtracts the value on the right from the variable on the left and updates it.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a variable new_value that adds 4 to old_value and then multiplies by 2.

Python

new_value [1] old_value [2] 4
new_value [3] 2

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A=

B+

C*=

D*

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '+=' in the first line instead of '='.

Using '*' instead of '*=' in the last line.

First, assign old_value + 4 to new_value using = and +. Then multiply new_value by 2 using *=.