The concept of using variables to generalize brainfuck programs is described here: https://esolangs.org/wiki/Brainfuck_algorithms In brainfuck, a variable is simply a label that refers to a specific memory cell. To exand the variable, means to use the current location of the Data Pointer and calculate the necessary amount of ">" or "<" to move the Pointer to the that location. This makes brainfuck code easily re-locatable. The Python 3 program 'bfvx.py' replaces the variable with zero or more ">" or "<". The output is an unformatted brainfuck program. Required format: - variable declaration - brainfuck program with variables Guidelines: - variable names must not include brainfuck commands "><+-,.[]" - variable names may contain any number of characters; upper and lowercase letters, numerals and many special characters - other characters may cause Python errors - there should be no comments in the program - number of variables used must be hard-coded in the program, something large Program examples with output. 1. = a 5 (variable declaration) a (program) >>>>> (output) 2. = a 8 = B 3 a+B >>>>>>>>+<<<<< 3. = a 5 = BB 2 a-BB >>>>>-<<< 4. = a 5 = B1 3 a>>>+B1 >>>>>>>>+<<<<< 5. = a 3 = temp_1 7 = z 0 a++++[temp_1++a-]z >>>++++[>>>>++<<<<-]<<< 6. = a 3 = z 0 az error: 'az' not a declared variable, will not produce >>><<< 7. = x" 10 x" probably error