# Variables

Skill · Programming Languages

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/variables

In programming and mathematics, a variable is a named storage location that holds a value which can change during the execution of a program or the course of a calculation. Programmers use variables to store data such as numbers, text, or objects and reference them throughout their code, while in statistics and science, variables represent measurable characteristics that can differ across observations. Understanding variables is foundational to virtually all coding, data analysis, and experimental design.

Related skills: [Algorithms](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/algorithms), [Data Type](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/data-type)

## Open roles requiring Variables (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.