Basic Python variable function not working?

Question

I am learing Python and tried to input variables but they did not give the expected outcome. I was hoping for it to change "boy_name" into "bobby", but it did not.

Here is the code

print("there was a boy named " + boy_name + " ")                          
print("there is a boy named timmy")


boy_name = "Bobby"

Answer 1

You are using the variable before it declaration.

Carry your variable declaration at the top of the first print function

For Example

boy_name = "Bobby"
print("there was a boy named " + boy_name + " ")                          
print("there is a boy named timmy")