# Variables point to objects

DevFeed: [Variables point to objects](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/variables-point-to-objects-39392.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://kt.academy/article/variables>)

Published: 2021-11-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Kt. Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kt-academy.md>)

Topics: [Variable](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/variable.md>), [object](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/object.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [exception](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exception.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [object](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object.md>), [variable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/variable.md>), [variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/variables.md>), [workshop-learning-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workshop-learning-programming.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explaining how variables reference objects, how reassignment differs from mutating an object, and how these distinctions apply to mutable and read-only Kotlin lists and delegated properties backed by maps.

## Source excerpt

A basic feature, that is commonly misunderstood.