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Basic Data Types in Python

Python has 14 basic data types that are classified into 6 categories: numeric, boolean, sequence, set, mapping, and none types. The document then lists the specific data types that belong to each category and provides important details about Python's dynamic typing system. Specifically, it notes that Python dynamically determines an object's type based on its value, sizes data types dynamically based on memory requirements, and supports unbounded numeric types without a max/min range.

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Basic Data Types in Python

Python has 14 basic data types that are classified into 6 categories: numeric, boolean, sequence, set, mapping, and none types. The document then lists the specific data types that belong to each category and provides important details about Python's dynamic typing system. Specifically, it notes that Python dynamically determines an object's type based on its value, sizes data types dynamically based on memory requirements, and supports unbounded numeric types without a max/min range.

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Basic Data Types In Python

• Although a programmer is not allowed to


mention the data type while creating variables in his
program in Python , but Python internally allots
different data types to variables depending on their
declaration style and values.

• Overall Python has 14 data types and these are


classified into 6 categories.
Basic Data Types In Python

• These categories are:

• Numeric Types
• Boolean Type
• Sequence Types
• Set Types
• Mapping Type
• None Type

• Given on the next slide are the names of actual data types
belonging to the above mentioned categories
Basic Data Types In Python

Numeric Boolean Sequence Set Mapping None Type


Type Type Type Type Type

int bool str set dict NoneType

float list frozenset

complex bytes

bytearray

tuple

range
Some Very Important Points

• Before we explore more about these data types , let us


understand following important points regarding
Python’s data types:

1. DATA TYPES IN PYTHON ARE DYNAMIC

2. SIZE OF THE DATA TYPE IS ALSO


DYNAMICALLY MANAGED

3. DATA TYPES ARE UNBOUNDED


Some Very Important Points

1. DATA TYPES IN PYTHON ARE DYNAMIC

• The term dynamic means that we can assign different


values to the same variable at different points of time.

• Python will dynamically change the type of variable as


per the value given.
Some Very Important Points

type() is a built –in


function and it
returns the data
type of the variable

Another important
observation we can
make is that in Python
all the data types are
implementted as
classes and all
variables are object
Some Very Important Points

2. SIZE OF THE DATA TYPE IS ALSO DYNAMICALLY


MANAGED

• In Python the size of data types is dynamically managed

• Like C/C++/Java language , variables in Python are not of fixed


size.

• Python makes them as big as required on demand

• There is no question of how much memory a variable uses in Python


because this memory increases as per the value being assigned
Some Very Important Points

• Python starts with initial size for a variable and then


increases its size as needed up to the RAM limit

• This initial size for int is 24 bytes and then increases


as the value is increased

• If we want to check the size of a variable , then Python


provides us a function called getsizeof() .

• This function is available in a module called sys


Some Very Important Points
Some Very Important Points

3. DATA TYPES ARE UNBOUNDED

• Third important rule to remember is that , in Python


data types like integers don’t have any range i.e. they
are unbounded

• Like C /C++ /Java they don’t have max or min


value

• So an int variable can store as many digits as we want.

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