Data Types in Python Programming Language

Python Basic Concepts

What is Data Type

Data Type in Python is used to classify the value stored in a variable during the program execution. Whenever a variable is defined in Python, the interpreter allocates some memory according to the data stored in the variable. Python supports the following data types given below.

• Integer - It is used to store whole numbers such as 56, 8, 493 etc.
• Complex Number - It is used to store complex number which is created from real numbers such as 9+21j, -3-9j, -72+81j etc. A complex number has two parts a real part and an imaginary part.
• Float - It is used to store numbers with a decimal point such as 2.3, 18.12, 294.0 etc.
• Boolean - It is used to store logical values such as True or False.
• String - It is used to store text such as "hello", "Peter", "4586" etc.
• Dictionary - It is used to store an unordered key and its value pairs such as {"name" : "frankie" , "age" : "18"}.
• Set - It is used to store an unordered and unindexed collection of unique objects such as {"a", "b", "c"}.
• List - It is used to store an ordered and changeable collection of objects such as ["apple", "banana", "cherry"].
• Tuple - It is used to store an ordered and unchangeable collection of objects such as (15, "Albert", 18.20)

We will discuss all the data types given above in the subsequent lessons.