Data Types in Python

 In any programming language, the concept of data and datatype is very important. In this blog, we will have a brief look at all kinds of data types on Python and we will have a detailed discussion on each topic on upcoming Blogs.




Data Types in Python


Every value stored in the variable is treated as data whether it is x=5 or y="Nepal".Different kinds of data are used for doing different kinds of things. The following are the list of default data types in python. 



  1. Text Type

    • String(str)


  2. Numeric Types

    • Integer(int)
    • Float(float)
    • Complex(complex)

  3. Sequence Type

    • List
    • Tuple
    • Range

  4. Mapping Types

    • Dictionary(dict)

  5. Boolean Type

    • bool   





We will discuss about each data type in further blogs.

#Getting the data types

If we are unknown about certain data type, we can get the data type by using type() function.
eg:

x = 5
print(type(x)) will give result as integer.

data = {"name" : "rafel", "age" : 34}
print(type(data)) will give result as dict.


#Setting specific data type

5 is integer and 20.5 is float of numeric data type but they can be made string of text data type by setting specific data type.

eg:

x=str(5) and y=str(20.5)   will change 5 and 20.5 into string. 






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