Okay! Just like there are various types of cells in Excel (numbers, dates, text, etc.), there are various types of variables in Python. These include:
int) – integer numbers: current_age = 5
float) – numbers with a decimal part introduced after a dot (.): current_weight = 75.5
string) – text values surrounded by single (' ') or double (" ") quotes: standard_greeting = 'My name is Tom!'
Unlike many other programming languages, Python automatically detects the type of variable it should use. For instance, if you type:
temperature = 36.6
Python will know the temperature variable is a float because the number contains a dot (.). Take a look at another example:
ratio = 250/100
In this case Python will automatically detect that the result of division is a floating point number.
In Python, there is a function named type() that can tell you the type of a variable that you pass in to its parentheses. Now, take a look at the template code and run it.
You can see that:
age is an integer (int), weight is a float because it contains a decimal point (.), name is a string (str) because it is surrounded by quotes. Simply run the template code.
