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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