Python Data Types - Part 1

Python data types

Data types are the basic building blocks in python because every value in python is a kind of data type. Data types represent a kind of value that determines what operation can be performed on the data. However, every programming language has its own importance.

Python has the following built-in data types: -

Python Numbers

Integers, Floating point numbers, and complex numbers are coming under python numbers category. For every data, types python has shortened keyword for each of them just like int for integer, float for floating-point numbers and complex for complex numbers.

 You can get the data type of any object by using type() function

var = 10
print(var,"is a",type(var),"of data type")
var = 10.0
print(var,"is a",type(var),"of data type")
var = 2 + 3j
print(var,"is a",type(var),"of data type")

OUTPUT

10 is a <class 'int'> of data type
10.0 is a <class 'float'> of data type
(2+3j) is a <class 'complex'> of data type

One question is raised what the program does?

So, the answer is we simply assigning the value to var three times at first we assign an int type of data and then print it to with the print function similarly, at second time and third time we assign float and complex type of data respectively.

Python integers are of any length however it is only limited by the memory available.

Floating-point numbers could not exceed up to 15 decimal points.

We can represent complex numbers in the form of a + ib, where a is a real part, and b is an imaginary number.

Python Strings

Strings are the one of most popular data types in python. We can create string enclosing characters in a single quote and double quote. Python treats a single quote the same as a double quote. Creating a string is as simple as assigning a value to variables.

Note: - Multi-line strings can be represented by triple quotes.

var = "This is string"
print(var)
var = 'This is also string'
print(var)
var = '''This is a 
multiline string'''
print(var)

OUTPUT

This is string
This is also string
This is a
multiline string

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