Python Programming - Variables - Discussion

In Python, when you assign a new value to an existing variable, the variable may or may not use the same memory location, depending on the type of the new value and whether it is mutable or immutable.

For immutable types such as int, float, and str, a new memory location is typically created for the new value, and the variable is updated to reference this new memory location.

For mutable types such as list, dict, and set, the memory location could remain the same if the size of the data does not change. However, if the size of the data changes, a new memory location may be allocated to store the updated value.

In the case of the string variable in the example:

my_string = "Hello"
print(my_string)  # Output: Hello

my_string = "World"
print(my_string)  # Output: World

The string variable my_string would reference a new memory location after being reassigned to "World" because strings are immutable in Python.