Lessons

Lessons

Data Types

Step 1 of 12

Not all data is the same

In Chapter 2, you stored your name and your age in variables. But did you notice? Your name had quotes around it and your age did not.

That is not random. Python treats different kinds of data differently — and it calls those kinds **types**.

type() tells you what type a value is. Run this and see what comes back.

Output

Click Run to execute, or Check to validate.

Discussion

Step 1 of 12

In Chapter 2, you stored your name and your age in variables. But did you notice? Your name had quotes around it and your age did not.

That is not random. Python treats different kinds of data differently — and it calls those kinds **types**.

type() tells you what type a value is. Run this and see what comes back.

Output

Click Run to execute, or Check to validate.

Discussion