3.1 Data Types

Integers are whole numbers. For example:

• 2
• -3
• 0

Floats are numbers with a decimal point. For example:

• 1.2
• -3.0
• 26/3 (evaluates to 8.666)

Strings are characters enclosed by single ' or double " quotation marks. Any text enclosed by quotes will be treated as a string.

• "My Grandpa's deck has no pathetic cards"
• '85.3'

Note the second example – 85.3 is a float; '85.3' is a string.

Booleans have two possible values: True and False. These can also be expressed as 1 (true) or 0 (false).

We can use the type() function to figure out the data type of an object.

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