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2. Python Objects

Paul Gerrard
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK
 
Every variable in Python is actually an object. You don’t have to write object-oriented (OO) code to use Python, but the way Python is constructed encourages an OO approach.1

Object Types

All variables have a type that can be seen by using the built-in type() function.
>>> type(23)
<type 'int'>
>>> type('some more text')
<type 'str'>
>>> c=[1,2,'some more text']
>>> type(c)
<type 'list'>
Other types are 'class', 'module', 'function', 'file', 'bool', 'NoneType', and 'long'.
The special constants True and False are 'bool' types. The special constant None is a 'NoneType'.
To see a textual definition of any object, you can use ...

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