Python Data-Types

Types of objects in Python

Python is an object-oriented language. There are many different types of objects in Python. Let's start with the most common object types: strings, integers and floats. Anytime you write words (text) in Python, you're using character strings (strings for short). The most common numbers, on the other hand, are integers (e.g. -1, 0, 100) and floats, which represent real numbers (e.g. 3.14, -42.0).

# Integer
11# Float2.14
# String
"Hello, Python 101!

You can get Python to tell you the type of an expression by using the built-in type() function. You'll notice that Python refers to integers as int, floats as float, and character strings as str.

# Type of 12

type(12)

# Type of 2.14

type(2.14)

# Type of "Hello, Python 101!"

type("Hello, Python 101!")