In this chapter, we will present the most important and basic types in Python. What is a type? It is a set consisting of data content, its representation, and all possible operations. Later in this book, we will make this definition much more precise when we introduce the concepts of a class in Chapter 8: Classes.
In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:
- Variables
- Numeric types
- Booleans
- Strings
2.1 Variables
Variables are references to Python objects. They are created by assignments, for example:
a = 1diameter = 3.height = 5.cylinder = [diameter, height] # reference to a list
Variables take names that consist of any combination of capital and small letters, the underscore _, and digits. A variable name ...
