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    This document discusses variables, data types, and type conversions in Python. It covers naming conventions for variables, the basic data types including boolean, integer, float, complex, and string. It also demonstrates how to identify the data type of an object, verify if an object is of a certain type, and coerce an object to a new data type. The document provides examples of assigning values to variables, checking and changing data types using type() and casting functions.

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    This document discusses variables, data types, and type conversions in Python. It covers naming conventions for variables, the basic data types including boolean, integer, float, complex, and string. It also demonstrates how to identify the data type of an object, verify if an object is of a certain type, and coerce an object to a new data type. The document provides examples of assigning values to variables, checking and changing data types using type() and casting functions.

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    This document discusses variables, data types, and type conversions in Python. It covers naming conventions for variables, the basic data types including boolean, integer, float, complex, and string. It also demonstrates how to identify the data type of an object, verify if an object is of a certain type, and coerce an object to a new data type. The document provides examples of assigning values to variables, checking and changing data types using type() and casting functions.

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    Variables and Data Types

    In this lecture
     Naming variables
     Basic data types
    ◦ Identify data type of an object
    ◦ Verify if an object is of a certain data type
    ◦ Coerce object to new data type

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    Naming variables
     Values assigned to variables using an
    assignment operator ‘=’
     Variable name should be short and
    descriptive
    ◦ Avoid using variable names that clash with
    inbuilt functions
     Designed to indicate the intent of its use to
    the end user
     Avoid one character variable names
    ◦ One character variable names are usually
    used in looping constructs, functions, etc
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    Naming variables
     Variables can be named alphanumerically

     However the first letter must start with an alphabet


    (lowercase or uppercase)

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    Naming variables
     Other special character
    ◦ Underscore ( _ )

    ◦ Use of any other special


    character will throw an error

    ◦ Variable names should not begin


    or end with underscore even
    though both are allowed

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    Naming conventions
     Commonly accepted case types
    ◦ Camel (lower and upper)

    ◦ Snake

    ◦ Pascal

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    Assigning values to multiple variables
    Code

    Values reflected in environment

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    Data types

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    Basic data types

    Basic data
    Description Values Representation
    types

    represents two values of logic and


    Boolean True and False bool
    associated with conditional statements
    Integer positive and negative whole numbers set of all integers, Z int

    Complex contains real and imaginary part (a+ib) set of complex numbers complex

    Float real numbers floating point numbers float

    all strings or characters enclosed


    String sequence of characters str
    between single or double quotes

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    Identifying object data type
     Find data type of object using
     Syntax: type(object)

    Checking the data type of an object

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    Verifying object data type
     Verifyif an object is of a certain data type
     Syntax: type(object) is datatype

    Verifying the data type of an object

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    Coercing object to new data type
     Convert the data type of an object to another
     Syntax: datatype(object)

     Changes can be stored in same variable or in different variable

    Coercing the data type of an object

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    Coercing object to new data type
     Only few coercions are accepted
     Consider the variable ‘Salary_tier’ which is of string data type
     ‘Salary_tier’ contains an integer enclosed between single
    quotes

    Coercing the data type of an


    object

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    Coercing object to new data type
     However if the value enclosed within the quotes is a string then
    conversions will not be possible

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    Summary
     Conventions to name a variable
     Basic data types
    ◦ Get data type of a variable
    ◦ Verify if a variable is of a certain data type
    ◦ Coerce variable to new data type

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