Data Science – Python Data Types

6. PYTHON – DATA TYPES

Table of Contents

1. What is a Data Type in python? ......................................................................................................... 2

2. type(p) function .................................................................................................................................. 3
3. Different types of data types ............................................................................................................. 4
3.1 Built-in data types: ........................................................................................................................ 4
1. Numeric types............................................................................................................................. 5
2. bool data type (boolean data type) ........................................................................................... 7
3. None data type ........................................................................................................................... 8
4. Sequences in Python .................................................................................................................. 9
4.1 string data type ...................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 list data structure ................................................................................................................... 11
4.3 tuple data structure ............................................................................................................... 11
4.4 set data structure ................................................................................................................... 12
4.5 dictionary data structure ....................................................................................................... 12
4. 6 range data type ..................................................................................................................... 13
3.2 User defined data types .............................................................................................................. 15

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1. What is a Data Type in python?

✓ A data type represents the type of the data stored into a variable or
memory.

Program print different kinds of variables

Name demo1.py

emp_id = 1
name = "Daniel"
salary = 10000.56

print("My employee id is: ", emp_id)

print("My name is: ", name)
print("My salary is: ", salary)

Output
My employee id is: 1
My name is: Daniel
My salary is: 10000.56

Note
✓ By using type(p) function we can check the data type of each variable.

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2. type(p) function

✓ type(p) is predefined function in python.

✓ By using this we can check the type of the variables.

Program Check the type of variables

Name demo2.py

emp_id = 1
name = "Daniel"
salary = 10000.56

print("My employee id is: ", emp_id)

print("My name is: ", name)
print("My salary is: ", salary)
print()
print("emp_id type is: ", type(emp_id))
print("name type is: ", type(name))
print("salary type is: ", type(salary))

Output
My employee id is: 1
My name is: Daniel
My salary is: 10000.56

emp_id type is: <class 'int'>

name type is: <class 'str'>
salary type is: <class 'float'>

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3. Different types of data types

✓ There are two type of data types.

1. Built-in data types
2. User defined data types

3.1 Built-in data types:

✓ The data types which are already existing in python are called built-in
data types.

1. Numeric types
o int
o float

2. bool (boolean type)

3. None
4. Sequence
o str
o list
o tuple
o set
o dict
o range

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1. Numeric types

✓ The numeric types represent numbers, these are divided into three
types,

1. int
2. float
3. complex

1.1 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.

Program To print integer value

Name demo3.py

a = 20
print(a)
print(type(a))

output
20
<class ‘int’>

Program int data type can store bigger values too

Name demo4.py

b = 9999999999999999999
print(b)
print(type(b))

output
9999999999999999999
<class ‘int’>

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1. 2. float data type

✓ The float data type represents a number with decimal values.

Program To print float value and data type

Name demo5.py

salary = 10000.56
print(salary)
print(type(salary))

Output

10000.56
<class 'float'>

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2. bool data type (boolean data type)

✓ bool data type represents boolean values in python.

✓ bool data type having only two values those are,
o True
o False

Make a note

✓ Python internally represents,

o True as 1
o False as 0

Program boolean values

Name demo6.py

a = True
b = False

print(a)
print(b)

output
True
False

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3. 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.

Program None data type

Name demo7.py

a = None
print(a)
print(type(a))

output
None
<class ‘NoneType’>

Note
✓ A function and method can return None data type.
✓ This point we will understand more in functions and oops chapters.

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4. Sequences in Python

✓ Sequence means an object.

✓ Sequence object can store a group of values,

1. string
2. list
3. tuple
4. set
5. dict
6. range

Make a note

✓ Regarding sequences like string, list, tuple, set and dict we will
discuss in upcoming chapters
▪ Python String chapter
▪ Python List Data Structure chapter
▪ Python Tuple Data Structure chapter
▪ Python Set Data Structure chapter
▪ Python Dictionary Data Structure chapter

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4.1 string data type

✓ A group of characters enclosed within single quotes or double quotes or

triple quotes is called as string.

Program Creating a string

Name demo8.py

name1 = 'Daniel'
name2 = "Daniel"
name3 = '''Daniel'''
name4 = """Daniel"""

print(name1)
print(name2)
print(name3)
print(name4)
print(type(name1))
print(type(name2))
print(type(name3))
print(type(name4))

Output

Daniel
Daniel
Daniel
Daniel
<class 'str'>
<class 'str'>
<class 'str'>
<class 'str'>

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4.2 list data structure

✓ We can create list data structure by using square brackets []

✓ list can store a group of values.

Program Creating a list data structure

Name demo9.py

values = [10, 20, 30, 40]

print(values)
print(type(values))

Output

[10, 20, 30, 40]

<class 'list'>

4.3 tuple data structure

✓ We can create tuple data structure by using parenthesis symbol ()

✓ tuple can store a group of values.

Program Creating a tuple data structure

Name demo10.py

values = (10, 20, 30, 40)

print(values)
print(type(values))

Output

(10, 20, 30, 40)

<class 'tuple'>

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4.4 set data structure

✓ We can create set data structure by using curly braces {}

✓ set can store a group of values.

Program Creating a set data structure

Name demo11.py

values = {10, 20, 30, 40}

print(values)
print(type(values))

Output

{40, 10, 20, 30}

<class 'set'>

4.5 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.

Program Creating a dictionary data structure

Name demo12.py

details = {1: "Jeswanth", 2: "Kumari", 3: "Prasad", 4: "Daniel"}

print(details)
print(type(details))

Output

{1: 'Jeswanth', 2: 'Kumari', 3: 'Prasad', 4: 'Daniel'}

<class 'dict'>

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4. 6 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.

Program creating a range of values 0 to 4

Name demo13.py

a = range(5)
print(a)
print(type(a))

Output
range(0, 5)
<class ‘range’>

Note:

✓ If we provide range(5), then range object holds the values from 0 to 4

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2. 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

Program creating a range of values 1 to 9

Name demo14.py

a = range(1, 10)
print(a)

Output
range(1, 10)

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.

Program Access elements from range data type

Name demo15.py

r = range(10, 15)

for value in r:
print(value)

output

10
11
12
13
14

3.2 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.
✓ We will discuss about in OOPS chapter.

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