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Hey Bisman! 😊

That’s such a thoughtful question — and you're not alone in wondering this!

HTML is called a markup language because its main job is to structure and display content on a webpage. It tells the browser things like:

• "This is a heading"
• "This is a paragraph"
• "This is a link or an image"

But HTML doesn't have logic — it can't make decisions, repeat actions, or respond to conditions like a programming language can.

For example, in a programming language (like Python or JavaScript), you can say:

if score > 50:
    print("You passed!")

HTML can’t do that kind of logic — it just marks up content so the browser knows how to show it.

So in short: HTML structures content, but it doesn’t “think” or “decide” — that’s why it’s not considered a programming language. 😊

You're asking awesome questions — keep going! You're learning fast! 🚀💡

Hey! In programming, fixed values are values you write directly into your code — they don't change while the program runs. These are called literals.

For example:

• 5 → an integer literal
• 3.14 → a floating-point (double) literal
• "Hello" → a string literal

They're called "fixed" because you're using them directly in your code, without assigning them to variables (yet).

Let me know if you want to see how to use them in a C++ program!

So, in Python, you don't need to use curly braces {} when printing a variable like this:

name = input("Enter your name: ")
print("Your name is", name)
    

That works because print() can take multiple things, separated by commas. It just puts spaces between them automatically, so you don't have to do anything fancy.

Now, curly braces do show up when you're using something like an f-string. That looks like this:

print(f"Your name is {name}")
    

In that case, the {name} is inside the string, and Python replaces it with the actual value of the name variable — but only because the string starts with an f.

So yeah, curly braces are just for special formatting stuff like f-strings. If you're just printing normally with commas, you don’t need them at all.

Whitespaces are just empty spaces in your text.

For example:

text = "  Hello  "

This has extra spaces before and after Hello.

Those extra spaces are called whitespaces.

We usually remove them to make the text look clean.

Simply put,

• Memory location refers to a specific spot in the computer’s memory where data is stored. Think of it as a unique address where your data lives while your program is running. Every variable in your program is stored in one of these memory locations.

• Data type is about the kind of data that goes into a memory location. For example, if you’re storing a number, the data type could be an int (integer) or a float (decimal number). If you’re storing text, the data type would be char or string.

So, in simple terms: Memory location is where data lives, and data type is what kind of data it is.

It’s okay if it's not 100% clear right now. As you continue with the course, this concept will make more sense.

Let me know if you need help with anything else.

In programming, input simply means getting information from the user.

As you progress through the course, you'll learn how to take input in Python and use it in your programs.

Let me know if anything is unclear or if you'd like to explore this further.

Yes, console.log() in JavaScript is similar to print() in Python — both are used to display information to the console or terminal.

Since you already know how range() works, let’s look at an example to understand how the step argument works.

Consider this code:

print(list(range(1, 6)))

Output

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Here, the list goes up by 1 each time by default.

Now let’s add 2 as the step:

print(list(range(1, 6, 2)))

Output

[1, 3, 5]

In this case, the list still starts at 1, but it jumps by 2 instead of 1.

So, the step argument simply controls how much the value increases by in each step.

Let me know if you need more clarification on this.

When performing arithmetic operations in Python, the result will be a floating-point number if you use the / operator for division. For example, 5 / 2 will give you 2.5.

If you're using operations like addition (+), subtraction (-), or multiplication (*), the result will be in floating-point only if any of the values involved are floating-point numbers. For example, 5 + 2.2 will give you 7.2.

If you use the // operator for integer division, like 5 // 2, the result will be an integer (in this case, 2).

This distinction helps you get the result you expect, depending on the type of operation and the numbers involved.

Hi there! Multiplying numbers in Python is quite straightforward, and it's great that you're diving into this lesson on data types.

To perform multiplication, you'll use the asterisk symbol (*), which serves as the multiplication operator in most programming languages, including Python.

Let's update the code you're working with to perform an actual multiplication:

result = 2 * 2
print("2 * 2 =", result)

This code assigns the result of 2 * 2 to the variable result and then prints it out, showing the numerical answer to the calculation.

Output

2 * 2 = 4

You can multiply any numbers using the same approach by replacing 2 with any other numbers you want to multiply.

You'll learn more about this as you follow the course, so for now, just click the Next Lesson button and continue your journey.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have more questions about numbers or anything else you're curious about.