a = 24

a = 24

• a is the variable

• 24 is the literal

• = is the operator

---

This works thus…

a = 3
b = 8
z = a + b
print(z)
11

This however works differently!

a = input("a: ")
a: 3
b = input("b: ")
b: 8
z = a + b
print(z)
38