Python Data Types and Type Conversion

Built-in Data Types

In programming, data type is an important concept.

Variables can store data of different types, and different types can do different things.

Python has the following data types built-in by default, in these categories:

Text Type:	str
Numeric Types:	int, float, complex
Sequence Types:	list, tuple, range
Mapping Type:	dict
Set Types:	set, frozenset
Boolean Type:	bool
Binary Types:	bytes, bytearray, memoryview

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Getting the Data Type

You can get the data type of any object by using the type() function:

Example

Print the data type of the variable x:

Type Conversion

You can convert from one type to another with the int(), float(), and complex() methods:

Example

Convert from one type to another: