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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Age Calculation

Posted by saimon biniam
saimon biniam
Courses Plus Student 117 Points

variable

how to make "multiply years by 365 and assign it to the variable days"

age.py 
20*365 = "days"

1 Answer

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

The order is the opposite, what you're assigning goes on the right, and the variable you're assigning to goes on the left.

days = 20 * 365

Also, note that you don't put quotes around the variable days. That would make it a string, not a variable.