text: # variable called my_hostname and assign it a value(string)
  my_hostname = "router01"
  
  # useing single quotes to assign a string
  my_domain = 'example.com'
  
  # use tripple quotes to define a string with multiple lines
  my_motd = """
  This is banner that will contain linebreaks and could be
  the motd of a router
  """
  
  # to print a variable, we can use print() function
  print(my_hostname)
  print(my_domain)
  print(my_motd)
  
  # similar to strings, we can also use numeric values.
  # floats for floating-point and integers for whole numbers.
  my_port = 22
  my_throughput = 1.75
  print(my_port)
  print(my_throughput)
  
  # True & False in python are represented truth valuse(boolean)
  knows_python = True
  knows_python = False
  print(knows_python)
  
  # define a variableto create an empty list 
  l = [] 
  
  # add variables to the end of this list using append() function
  l.append(my_hostname)
  l.append(my_domain)
  l.append(my_port)
  l.append(my_throughput)
  
  """"
  access elements in our list using the index. Be aware that indexes start at zero, so the first element in the list will be at index 0. Lists preserve the order in which items are added. Let's print out this information:
  """
  print("The hostname stored in the list is: ")
  print(l[0])
  print("The domain stored in the list is: ")
  print(l[1])
  print("The port stored in the list is: ")
  print(l[2])
  
  
  
  