Hi Matt, I also am almost a newbie (in Python) and my approach to variable naming follows more or less the Hungarian Type Notation Defined. To better explain, I use one char or two (in small case) as a prefix of the name of the variable (starting in capital letters). The prefix identifies the "type" of variable. My choice of such prefixes is (a short example): s string (sStringVariable) l list (lFileLines) n numeric (nNumericVariable) and so on... Bye.
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