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There are several ways to set environment variables in Python.<\/p>\n

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  1. Set environment variables through the command line of the operating system.<\/li>\n
  2. In Windows system, you can use the command set or set in system properties.<\/li>\n
  3. In Linux\/Mac systems, you can use the command export.<\/li>\n
  4. Below is an example code that demonstrates how to set environment variables in a Python script using the os module.<\/li>\n
  5. Set the value of the environment variable ‘MY_VARIABLE’ to ‘my_value’.<\/li>\n
  6. In a Python virtual environment, you can set environment variables by configuring them in the activate script of the virtual environment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Please note that regardless of the method used to set the environment variables, the relevant applications need to be restarted in order for the changes to take effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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