#mastery09 Mastery 09 #Tc1014

MASTERY 09 BASIC TYPES AND THEIR USES IN PYTHON 3

Types are a category for things within Python with which Python will work. Types are:

integers 

Whole numbers from negative infinity to infinity, such as 1, 0, -5, etc.

float 

Short for "floating point number," any rational number, usually used with decimals such as 2.8 or 3.14159.

strings 

A set of letters, numbers, or other characters.

tuples 

A list with a fixed number of elements. ie x=(1,2,3) parentheses makes it a tuple.

lists 

A list without a fixed number of elements. ie x=[1,2,3] note the square brackets, a list

dictionaries 

A type with multiple elements i.e. x = {1: 'a','b': 2,3: 3} where you address the elements with, e.g., a text..

teaken from: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Python/Basic_data_types

To obtain a "type" you can use the variable inside a type() and it will return you the type of variable that are you using.

example:

a=58

print(type(a))

and the program will show you that this variable is of int's type