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Lecture 5, PYTHON – DATA TYPES

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PYTHON – DATA TYPES
Lecture Goals
4. Built-in data types:
1. What is a Data Type in I. Numeric types,
python? II. bool data type (boolean data type),
III. None data type,
2. type(p) function IV. Sequences in Python,
i. string data type,
3. Different types of data ii. list data structure,
types iii. tuple data structure,
iv. set data structure,
v. dictionary data structure,
vi. range data type,
5. User defined data types
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1. What is a Data Type in python?
A data type represents the type of the data / values stored into a
variable or memory.

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Data Type in python

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Data Type in python example

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2. type(p) function
type(p) is predefined function in python.
By using this we can check the data type of each variables.

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3. Different types of data types

There are two type of data types.

 Built-in data types

 User defined data types

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4. Built-in data types
The data types which are already existing in Python are called built-in
data types.

I. Numeric types IV. Sequence

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olist
ofloat
otuple
II. bool (boolean type) oset
III. None odict
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I. Numeric types
The numeric types represent numbers, these are divided into two types,
1. int
2. float

1. int data type

The int data type represents a number without decimal values.

In python there is no limit for int data type.
It can store very large values conveniently.

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int data type example
Example 1: Example 2:

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2. float data type
The float data type represents a number with decimal values.

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II. bool data type (boolean data type)
bool data type represents boolean values in python.
bool data type having only two values those are,
oTrue
oFalse

Make a note

Python internally represents,

oTrue as 1
oFalse as 0
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bool data type (boolean data type) example

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III. None data type
None data type represents an object that does not contain any value.
If any object having no value, then we can assign that object with None data type.

Note
A function and method can
return None data type.
This point we will understand
more in function’s chapter.

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IV. Sequences in Python
Sequence means an object.
Make a note
Sequence object can store a
group of values, Regarding sequences like string, list,
tuple, set and dict we will discuss
i. string more in upcoming chapters
 Python String chapter
ii. list  Python List Data Structure chapter
 Python Tuple Data Structure
iii.tuple chapter
 Python Set Data Structure chapter
iv.set  Python Dictionary Data Structure
v. dict chapter

vi.range
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IV. Sequences in Python
Sequence means an object.
Sequence object can store a group of values,
i. string
ii. list
iii.tuple
iv.set
v. dict
vi.range
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 i. string
A group of characters enclosed within single quotes or double quotes, or
triple quotes is called as string.

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 ii. list data structure
 We can create list data structure by using square brackets []
 list can store a group of values.

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 iii. tuple data structure
We can create tuple data structure by using parenthesis symbol ()
tuple can store a group of values.

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 iv. set data structure
We can create set data structure by using curly braces {}
set can store a group of values.

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 v. dictionary data structure
We can create dictionary data structure by using curly braces {}
Dictionary can store a group of values in the form of key value pair.

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 vi. range data type
range is a data type in python.
Generally, range means a group of values from starting to ending.
Creating range of values

We can create range of values by using range(p) predefined

function

1. range(p) function
As discussed, we can create range of values by using range(p)
function.
Here p should be integer, otherwise we will get error.
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range data type example

Note:
If we provide range(5), then range object holds the values from 0 to 4
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 range(start, end) function
As discussed, we can create range of values by using range(start, end)
function.
Here start means starting value and end means till to end-1 value

Note:
If we provide range(1, 10), then range object holds the values from 1 to 9
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Accessing range values by using for loop
We can access range values by using for loop.

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5. User defined data types
 Data types which are created by programmer.

 The datatype which are created by the programmers

are called ‘user- defined’ data types, example is class,
module, array etc.

 This topic is mostly related to Object-oriented

programming.

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