练习4：变量和命名–笨方法学ruby在线-昊天SEO

你已经学会了打印出东西和数学运算。下一步你要学的是「变量」。在开发程序中，变量只不过是用来代表某个东西的名称。开发人员通过使用变量名称可以让他们的程序读起来更像英语。而且因为开发人员的记性都不怎样，变量名称可以让他们更容易记住程序的内容。如果他们没有在写程序时使用好的变量名称，在下一次读到原来写的程序码时对他们会大为头疼的。

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<span class="nv">cars</span> <span class="o">=</span> 100
<span class="nv">space_in_a_car</span> <span class="o">=</span> 4.0
<span class="nv">drivers</span> <span class="o">=</span> 30
<span class="nv">passengers</span> <span class="o">=</span> 90
<span class="nv">cars_not_driven</span> <span class="o">=</span> cars - drivers
<span class="nv">cars_driven</span> <span class="o">=</span> drivers
<span class="nv">carpool_capacity</span> <span class="o">=</span> cars_driven * space_in_a_car
<span class="nv">average_passengers_per_car</span> <span class="o">=</span> passengers / cars_driven

puts <span class="s2">"There are #{cars} cars available."</span>
puts <span class="s2">"There are only #{drivers} drivers available."</span>
puts <span class="s2">"There will be #{cars_not_driven} empty cars today."</span>
puts <span class="s2">"We can transport #{carpool_capacity} people today."</span>
puts <span class="s2">"We have #{passengers} passengers to carpool today."</span>
puts <span class="s2">"We need to put about #{average_passengers_per_car} in each car."</span>