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Chapter 2 - Variables and Data Types: A B "Harry" C

This document discusses variables, data types, and basic operations in Python. It defines variables as names given to memory locations that can store different data types, including integers, floats, strings, booleans, and None. It describes Python's automatic identification of data types and provides rules for defining valid variable names. Common operators like arithmetic, assignment, comparison, and logical operators are also covered. The document explains type conversion functions and the input() function, which takes user input as a string.

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Chapter 2 - Variables and Data Types: A B "Harry" C

This document discusses variables, data types, and basic operations in Python. It defines variables as names given to memory locations that can store different data types, including integers, floats, strings, booleans, and None. It describes Python's automatic identification of data types and provides rules for defining valid variable names. Common operators like arithmetic, assignment, comparison, and logical operators are also covered. The document explains type conversion functions and the input() function, which takes user input as a string.

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Chapter 2 – Variables and Data Types

A variable is a name given to a memory location in a program. For example

a=30

b=”Harry”

c=71.22
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Variable – Container to store a value

Keywords – Reserved words in Python

Identifiers – class/function/variable name

Data Types:
Primarily there are the following data types in Python:

1. Integers
2. Floating point numbers
3. Strings
4. Booleans
5. None

Python is a fantastic language that automatically identifies the type of data


for us.

a = 71 #Identifies a as
class<int>

b = 88.44 #Identifies b as
class<float>
name = “Harry” #Identifies name as
class<Str>
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Rules for defining a variable name: (Also applicable to other identifiers)

 A variable name can contain alphabets, digits, and underscore.


 A variable name can only start with an alphabet and underscore.
 A variable can’t start with a digit.
 No white space is allowed to be used inside a variable name.

Examples of few valid variable names,

Harry, harry, one8, _akki, aakash, harry_bro, etc.

Operators in Python
The following are some common operators in Python:

1. Arithmetic Operators (+, -, *, /, etc.)


2. Assignment Operators (=, +=, -=, etc.)
3. Comparison Operators (==, >=, <=, >, <, !=, etc.)
4. Logical Operators (and, or, not)

type() function and Typecasting

type function is used to find the data type of a given variable in Python.

a = 31

type(a) #class<int>

b = “31”

type(b) #class<str>
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A number can be converted into a string and vice versa (if possible)

There are many functions to convert one data type into another.
Str(31) # ”31” Integer to string conversion

int(“32”) # 32 String to int conversion

float(32) #32.0 Integer to float conversion


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… and so on

Here “31” is a string literal, and 31 is a numeric literal.

input() function

This function allows the user to take input from the keyboard as a string.

a = input(“Enter name”) #if a is “harry”, the


user entered harry
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Note: The output of the input function is always a string even if the number
is entered by the user.

Suppose if a user enters 34, then this 34 will automatically convert to “34”
string literal.

Chapter 2 – Practice Set

1. Write a Python program to add two numbers.


2. Write a Python program to find the remainder when a number is
divided by Z(Integer).
3. Check the type of the variable assigned using the input() function.
4. Use a comparison operator to find out whether a given variable a is
greater than b or not. (Take a=34 and b=80)
5. Write a Python program to find the average of two numbers entered
by the user.
6. Write a Python program to calculate the square of a number entered
by the user.

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