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Python - Data Types
Python Data Types are used to define the type of a variable. It defines what type of data we are going to store in a variable. The data stored in memory can be of many types. For example, a person s age is stored as a numeric value and his or her address is stored as alphanumeric characters.
Python has various built-in data types which we will discuss with in this tutorial:
Numeric - int, float, complex
String - str
Sequence - pst, tuple, range
Binary - bytes, bytearray, memoryview
Mapping - dict
Boolean - bool
Set - set, frozenset
None - NoneType
Python Numeric Data Type
Python numeric data types store numeric values. Number objects are created when you assign a value to them. For example −
var1 = 1 var2 = 10 var3 = 10.023
Python supports four different numerical types −
int (signed integers)
long (long integers, they can also be represented in octal and hexadecimal)
float (floating point real values)
complex (complex numbers)
Examples
Here are some examples of numbers −
int | long | float | complex |
---|---|---|---|
10 | 51924361L | 0.0 | 3.14j |
100 | -0x19323L | 15.20 | 45.j |
-786 | 0122L | -21.9 | 9.322e-36j |
080 | 0xDEFABCECBDAECBFBAEl | 32.3+e18 | .876j |
-0490 | 535633629843L | -90. | -.6545+0J |
-0x260 | -052318172735L | -32.54e100 | 3e+26J |
0x69 | -4721885298529L | 70.2-E12 | 4.53e-7j |
Python allows you to use a lowercase l with long, but it is recommended that you use only an uppercase L to avoid confusion with the number 1. Python displays long integers with an uppercase L.
A complex number consists of an ordered pair of real floating-point numbers denoted by x + yj, where x and y are the real numbers and j is the imaginary unit.
Example
Following is an example to show the usage of Integer, Float and Complex numbers:
# integer variable. a=100 print("The type of variable having value", a, " is ", type(a)) # float variable. b=20.345 print("The type of variable having value", b, " is ", type(b)) # complex variable. c=10+3j print("The type of variable having value", c, " is ", type(c))
Python String Data Type
Python Strings are identified as a contiguous set of characters represented in the quotation marks. Python allows for either pairs of single or double quotes. Subsets of strings can be taken using the spce operator ([ ] and [:] ) with indexes starting at 0 in the beginning of the string and working their way from -1 at the end.
The plus (+) sign is the string concatenation operator and the asterisk (*) is the repetition operator in Python. For example −
str = Hello World! print (str) # Prints complete string print (str[0]) # Prints first character of the string print (str[2:5]) # Prints characters starting from 3rd to 5th print (str[2:]) # Prints string starting from 3rd character print (str * 2) # Prints string two times print (str + "TEST") # Prints concatenated string
This will produce the following result −
Hello World! H llo llo World! Hello World!Hello World! Hello World!TEST
Python List Data Type
Python Lists are the most versatile compound data types. A Python pst contains items separated by commas and enclosed within square brackets ([]). To some extent, Python psts are similar to arrays in C. One difference between them is that all the items belonging to a Python pst can be of different data type where as C array can store elements related to a particular data type.
The values stored in a Python pst can be accessed using the spce operator ([ ] and [:]) with indexes starting at 0 in the beginning of the pst and working their way to end -1. The plus (+) sign is the pst concatenation operator, and the asterisk (*) is the repetition operator. For example −
pst = [ abcd , 786 , 2.23, john , 70.2 ] tinypst = [123, john ] print (pst) # Prints complete pst print (pst[0]) # Prints first element of the pst print (pst[1:3]) # Prints elements starting from 2nd till 3rd print (pst[2:]) # Prints elements starting from 3rd element print (tinypst * 2) # Prints pst two times print (pst + tinypst) # Prints concatenated psts
This produce the following result −
[ abcd , 786, 2.23, john , 70.2] abcd [786, 2.23] [2.23, john , 70.2] [123, john , 123, john ] [ abcd , 786, 2.23, john , 70.2, 123, john ]
Python Tuple Data Type
Python tuple is another sequence data type that is similar to a pst. A Python tuple consists of a number of values separated by commas. Unpke psts, however, tuples are enclosed within parentheses.
The main differences between psts and tuples are: Lists are enclosed in brackets ( [ ] ) and their elements and size can be changed, while tuples are enclosed in parentheses ( ( ) ) and cannot be updated. Tuples can be thought of as read-only psts. For example −
tuple = ( abcd , 786 , 2.23, john , 70.2 ) tinytuple = (123, john ) print (tuple) # Prints the complete tuple print (tuple[0]) # Prints first element of the tuple print (tuple[1:3]) # Prints elements of the tuple starting from 2nd till 3rd print (tuple[2:]) # Prints elements of the tuple starting from 3rd element print (tinytuple * 2) # Prints the contents of the tuple twice print (tuple + tinytuple) # Prints concatenated tuples
This produce the following result −
( abcd , 786, 2.23, john , 70.2) abcd (786, 2.23) (2.23, john , 70.2) (123, john , 123, john ) ( abcd , 786, 2.23, john , 70.2, 123, john )
The following code is invapd with tuple, because we attempted to update a tuple, which is not allowed. Similar case is possible with psts −
tuple = ( abcd , 786 , 2.23, john , 70.2 ) pst = [ abcd , 786 , 2.23, john , 70.2 ] tuple[2] = 1000 # Invapd syntax with tuple pst[2] = 1000 # Vapd syntax with pst
Python Ranges
Python range() is an in-built function in Python which returns a sequence of numbers starting from 0 and increments to 1 until it reaches a specified number.
We use range() function with for and while loop to generate a sequence of numbers. Following is the syntax of the function:
range(start, stop, step)
Here is the description of the parameters used:
start: Integer number to specify starting position, (Its optional, Default: 0)
stop: Integer number to specify starting position (It s mandatory)
step: Integer number to specify increment, (Its optional, Default: 1)
Examples
Following is a program which uses for loop to print number from 0 to 4 −
for i in range(5): print(i)
This produce the following result −
0 1 2 3 4
Now let s modify above program to print the number starting from 1 instead of 0:
for i in range(1, 5): print(i)
This produce the following result −
1 2 3 4
Again, let s modify the program to print the number starting from 1 but with an increment of 2 instead of 1:
for i in range(1, 5, 2): print(i)
This produce the following result −
1 3
Python Dictionary
Python dictionaries are kind of hash table type. They work pke associative arrays or hashes found in Perl and consist of key-value pairs. A dictionary key can be almost any Python type, but are usually numbers or strings. Values, on the other hand, can be any arbitrary Python object.
Dictionaries are enclosed by curly braces ({ }) and values can be assigned and accessed using square braces ([]). For example −
dict = {} dict[ one ] = "This is one" dict[2] = "This is two" tinydict = { name : john , code :6734, dept : sales } print (dict[ one ]) # Prints value for one key print (dict[2]) # Prints value for 2 key print (tinydict) # Prints complete dictionary print (tinydict.keys()) # Prints all the keys print (tinydict.values()) # Prints all the values
This produce the following result −
This is one This is two { dept : sales , code : 6734, name : john } [ dept , code , name ] [ sales , 6734, john ]
Python dictionaries have no concept of order among elements. It is incorrect to say that the elements are "out of order"; they are simply unordered.
Python Boolean Data Types
Python boolean type is one of built-in data types which represents one of the two values either True or False. Python bool() function allows you to evaluate the value of any expression and returns either True or False based on the expression.
Examples
Following is a program which prints the value of boolean variables a and b −
a = True # display the value of a print(a) # display the data type of a print(type(a))
This produce the following result −
true <class bool >
Following is another program which evaluates the expressions and prints the return values:
# Returns false as a is not equal to b a = 2 b = 4 print(bool(a==b)) # Following also prints the same print(a==b) # Returns False as a is None a = None print(bool(a)) # Returns false as a is an empty sequence a = () print(bool(a)) # Returns false as a is 0 a = 0.0 print(bool(a)) # Returns false as a is 10 a = 10 print(bool(a))
This produce the following result −
False False False False False True
Python Data Type Conversion
Sometimes, you may need to perform conversions between the built-in data types. To convert data between different Python data types, you simply use the type name as a function.
Conversion to int
Following is an example to convert number, float and string into integer data type:
a = int(1) # a will be 1 b = int(2.2) # b will be 2 c = int("3") # c will be 3 print (a) print (b) print (c)
This produce the following result −
1 2 3
Conversion to float
Following is an example to convert number, float and string into float data type:
a = float(1) # a will be 1.0 b = float(2.2) # b will be 2.2 c = float("3.3") # c will be 3.3 print (a) print (b) print (c)
This produce the following result −
1.0 2.2 3.3
Conversion to string
Following is an example to convert number, float and string into string data type:
a = str(1) # a will be "1" b = str(2.2) # b will be "2.2" c = str("3.3") # c will be "3.3" print (a) print (b) print (c)
This produce the following result −
1 2.2 3.3
Data Type Conversion Functions
There are several built-in functions to perform conversion from one data type to another. These functions return a new object representing the converted value.
Sr.No. | Function & Description |
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1 | int(x [,base]) Converts x to an integer. base specifies the base if x is a string. |
2 |
long(x [,base] ) Converts x to a long integer. base specifies the base if x is a string. |
3 |
float(x) Converts x to a floating-point number. |
4 |
complex(real [,imag]) Creates a complex number. |
5 |
str(x) Converts object x to a string representation. |
6 |
repr(x) Converts object x to an expression string. |
7 |
eval(str) Evaluates a string and returns an object. |
8 |
tuple(s) Converts s to a tuple. |
9 |
pst(s) Converts s to a pst. |
10 |
set(s) Converts s to a set. |
11 |
dict(d) Creates a dictionary. d must be a sequence of (key,value) tuples. |
12 |
frozenset(s) Converts s to a frozen set. |
13 |
chr(x) Converts an integer to a character. |
14 |
unichr(x) Converts an integer to a Unicode character. |
15 |
ord(x) Converts a single character to its integer value. |
16 |
hex(x) Converts an integer to a hexadecimal string. |
17 |
oct(x) Converts an integer to an octal string. |