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Is it possible to declare a number in Python as 

a = 35_000
a = 35,000

Neither seem to work of course. How do you emphasize things like these, for clarity in Python? Is it possible?

James Raitsev
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This is actually just now possible in Python 3.6.

You can use the first format that you showed:

a = 35_000

because underscores are now an accepted separator in numbers. (You could even say a = 3_5_00_0, though why would you?)

The second method you showed will actually create a tuple. It's the same as saying:

a = (35, 000)  # Which is also the same as (35, 0).
Arya McCarthy
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Yes, this is possible starting with python 3.6.

PEP 515 adds the ability to use underscores in numeric literals for improved readability. For example:

>>> 1_000_000_000_000_000
1000000000000000
>>> 0x_FF_FF_FF_FF
4294967295
Anonymous
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