--Originally published at Coding The Future
Personally, I am not a rap fan, but again, I am making a reference to a song. This time, No Type by Rae Sremmurd came to mind when thinking about the different types of data you can work with on Python.
Even though we've already been working with them, let's discuss these data types in more detail...
- Integers: They store a whole numeric value with no decimals, e.g.: 5.
- Floats: They store a numeric value with decimals, e.g.: 23.43.
- String: They store a string of characters of any type, e.g.: "Hello". Note that in Python there is no char (character) type. If you wanted to store only one character, use a string of length one. Also, just like it's name suggests, it is a string of characters tied together, so you can access each character using it's position. For example, in "Hello", string[1] is 'e'.
- Booleans: They store a binary value of true or false. Basically, a variable of this type can only have a value of true or false. The false value can be expressed as 0, and true as any other number. E.g.: userIsMale = false.
Also, there are types in which several items can be stored within one variable. In other programming languages, they are usually called arrays, but in python they are somewhat different.
- Lists: A list that stores several variables, and can be expansible. They are not limited to just storing one type of data; or in other words, you can store ints, strings, floats, in just one list. E.g.:
list = [1, 2, hey, music, 12.34] - Tuples: Similar to a list, but static. Once it is declared, it remains fixed. E.g.:
tuple = {1, 3, hello}
That's for today. If you would like further reading, I would recommend heading to Wikiversity.
That's all for now. Until next time!
@emamex98
