hands-on tutorial
Python - Basic Types & Type Conversion
The questions this addresses are:
- What kinds of data do programs store?
- How can I convert one type to another?
The objectives are:
- Explain key differences between integers and floating point numbers.
- Explain key differences between numbers and character strings.
- Use built-in functions to convert between integers, floating point numbers, and strings.
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Keywords: Foundations of Data Science, jupyter-notebook
Target audience: Students
Resource type: hands-on tutorial
Version: 3
Status: Active
Learning objectives:
Explain key differences between integers and floating point numbers.
- Explain key differences between numbers and character strings.
- Use built-in functions to convert between integers, floating point numbers, and strings.
Date modified: 2023-02-13
Date published: 2022-04-25
Contributors: Bazante Sanders, Donny Vrins, Helena Rasche, The Carpentries
Scientific topics: Software engineering
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