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. 

-Binam Karki