Python Essential Reference, Second Edition

Literals

There are four built-in numeric types: integers, long integers, floating-point numbers, and complex numbers.

A number such as 1234 is interpreted as a decimal integer. To specify octal and hexadecimal integers, precede the value with 0 or 0x, respectively— 0644 or 0x100fea8. Write a long integer using a trailing l (ell) or L character, as in 1234567890L. Unlike integers, which are limited by machine precision, long integers can be of any length (up to the maximum memory of the machine). Numbers such as 123.34 and 1.2334e+02 are interpreted as floating-point numbers. An integer or floating-point number with a trailing j or J, such as 12.34J, is an imaginary number. You can create complex numbers with real and imaginary parts by adding ...