Remind students that variable assignment occurs in the order assignments are given. This avoids the misconception that changing one value affects other variables assigned before it.

E.g.,
count1 = 3; count2 = 2; sum = count2 + count1; count1 = 4;
In this example, the value of sum is 5 because the variable sum has not been redefined or reassigned. The variable sum will retain its value of 5 until it is assigned another value.

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