Data Types

You have already come across values in Python, these are things like `“Hello World!”` or the number `15`. All values in Python are objects that belong to a specific data type. Mastering these data types (which are universally used in many programming languages) is key to mastering a programming language.

Python has many data types and data structures built in. In this assignment you will explore the four important date types: `string`, `integer`, `float` and `bool`.

• The famous `“Hello World!”` is a (so called because it contains a string of letters). Strings are always enclosed in single or double quotation marks.
• The number `15` is an integer or `int`. This data type holds any whole number, positive or negative, of unlimited length.
• The other common number data type is the `float`, for floating point numbers. This is any real number, positive or negative, containing one or more decimals. The number pi (`3.14`) would be a floating point number.
• Finally, `bool` represents a boolean value. This is either `True` or `False`, written in Python with the first letter capitalized.

For this assignment, create a Python script called `types.py`. In this script, you must use Python’s built in `type()` function in a print statement to explore the type of the values you put in. Try these out yourself:

• Does `print(type(“100”))` return an `int` or a `str`(ing)?
• Does `print(type(1.6e-5))` return a `float`? Or is scientific notation not supported?
• What does `print(type(True))` return? And what does `print(type(“True”))` return?