AQA A’Level SLR01 Introduction to programming Part 3 – Variables and constants

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AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.1.1.2 & 3.1.1.6
A Level 4.1.1.2 & 4.1.1.6

This video is one in a series of six which provides you with an introduction to some fundamental concepts of programming. In this video we take a look at: Identifiers, variables and constants.

Key questions:

- What is the difference between variables and constants, and how can they be used?
- What do we mean by assignment?
- Why is it important to give identifiers meaningful names?

00:00 Programming basics - Part 3
00:07 Intro
00:12 What is a variable?
00:33 Beat that dice example
03:11 Advantages of using constants over variables
04:25 Using meaningful identifier names
05:16 Different procedural languages
05:44 Key questions
06:01 Outro

Last updated: 10.04.25

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