Python 3 - Second Edition

11    Numeric Data Types

In this chapter, we’ll describe numeric data types, the first major group of data types in Python. Table 11.1 lists all the data types belonging to this group and describes their purpose.

Data Type	Description	Mutability*	Section
int	Integers	Immutable	Section 11.4
float	Floats	Immutable	Section 11.5
bool	Boolean values	Immutable	Section 11.6
complex	Complex numbers	Immutable	Section 11.7
* All numeric data types are immutable. This doesn’t mean that there are no operators that change numbers, but rather that a new instance of the respective data type must be created after each change. So from the programmer's perspective, there is hardly any difference at first. For ...