How to create a new variable based on other variable in python?

Answer 1

a = 42
b = a

Answer 2

if its a int or float...
p=5
q=p
is okay.....

but if its a list...
p=[...]
then fr creat another
u need to do
q=p.copy()

if u do...q=p
*/whenever u change q , p will also be changed/*