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Starting with strings

Create a variable: 

>>> hostname = 'router1'
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>>> hostname
'router1'

Explain that you have to use the same quote types: 

>>> 'router1"
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    ' "
       ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal
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Explain that spaces are not important: 

>>> hostname='router1'
>>> hostname=        'router1'
>>> hostname        =        'router1'
>>> hostname = 'router1'
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Explain type() 

>>> type('router1')
<class 'str'>
>>> type(hostname)
<class 'str'>
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Difference between variable and print(): 

>>> hostname
'router1'
>>> print(hostname)
router1


>>> ip_address = 'The IP address is:\n\n10.1.1.1'
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>>> ip_address
'The IP address is:\n\n10.1.1.1'
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>>> print(ip_address)
The IP address is:

10.1.1.1
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