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paul.garcia2...@gmail.com writes:
> Write a program which prints the sum of numbers from 1 to 101
> (1 and 101 are included) that are divisible by 5 (Use while loop)
> x=0
> count=0
> while x<=100:
> if x%5==0:
> count=count+x
> x=x+1
> print(count)
>
> Question: How does python know what count means?
"count" is an english word meaning "how many things do I have?", but python
doesn't know that. In python, "count" is just a name; you could have
called it "hamburger" and python would treat it just the same.
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