Python 2.7.3 |EPD_free 7.3-2 (32-bit)| (default, Apr 12 2012, 14:30:37) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information. >>> # this is a comment , you can write gibberish here lyk de@#$@D@#R@DF^^ >>> #no error is generated for comments as this is never compiled >>> a=4 >>> a 4 >>> A Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in A NameError: name 'A' is not defined >>> print 'therefore python is case sensitive' therefore python is case sensitive >>> # ill show you one more thing >>> a1=1 >>> a1 1 >>> # but >>> 1a=1 SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> # gives error because variable names cant bgin wid a number >>> x,y=1,2 >>> print x,y 1 2 >>> print y,x 2 1 >>> print x,y,x,y,x,y 1 2 1 2 1 2 >>> # the swap >>> x,y=y,x >>> print 'the x is ', x the x is 2 >>> print 'the y is ', y the y is 1 >>> if 1: print 'its true' else: print 'you lied' its true >>>