Python Data Types

Muhammed Shokr — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 23:00:02 +0000

In programming, data type is an important concept.

Variables can store data of different types, and different types can do different things.

Every value in Python has a datatype. Since everything is an object in Python programming, data types are actually classes and variables are instance (object) of these classes.

Python Contains 12 built-in data types

4 Numeric Type [ int , float , complex , bool ]
4 Sequence Type [ str , list , tuple , range ]
2 Set Type [ set, frozenset ]
1 Mapping Type [ dict ]
1 Binary Type: [ bytes ]

Mutable VS Immutable


Mutable	Values Changed
Immutable	Values Cannot Be Changed

Data Type In Action

Example	Data Type
x = "Hello World"	str
x = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]	list
x = ("apple", "banana", "cherry")	tuple
x = range(6)	range
x = 20	int
x = 20.5	float
x = 1j	complex
x = True	bool
x = {"apple", "banana", "cherry"}	set
x = frozenset({"apple", "banana", "cherry"})	frozenset
x = {"name" : "John", "age" : 36}	dict
x = b"Hello"	bytes

Thus, Try with these snippets.

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Python Data Types

Python Contains 12 built-in data types

Mutable VS Immutable

Data Type In Action