2.2.2 data types

Question 1

what is a string (str)

Answer 1

sequence of characters eg. str(“hello world”)

Question 2

what is an integer (int)

Answer 2

a number with normal value of number eg. int(“8”)
- needed for accurate answers in arithmetic operations

Question 3

what is character

Answer 3

any character that will always be shown as that character

Question 4

what is a float/real (float) or (real)

Answer 4

a number with a decimal eg. float(“2.2”)

Question 5

what is boolean (bool)

Answer 5

either true or false eg. bool(true)

Question 6

what is casting

Answer 6

changing the data type of a value

Question 7

why is casting used

Answer 7

data types can only operate with same data types
eg. “hello world” + 2 is not possible
but if age = 2
age = str(age)
then (“hello world”+ age) would return hello world2

Question 8

how to find out what data type a variable is

Answer 8

print(type(VariableName))