Basic Data Types in Python

Basic Data Types in Python

Darren Jones

Darren Jones 18 Lessons 1h 27m
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In this step-by-step course, you’ll dig into the basic data types that are built into Python.

By the end of this course:

  • You’ll learn about several basic numeric, string, and Boolean types that are built into Python.
  • You’ll see what objects of these types look like and how you can represent them.
  • You’ll get an overview of Python’s built-in functions, which are pre-written chunks of code that you can call to do useful things.

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Basic Data Types in Python

18 Lessons 1h 27m

1. Basic Data Types in Python: Overview 00:21

2. Integers 05:38

3. Floats 05:33

4. Complex Numbers 01:35

5. Strings 02:48

6. Escape Sequences 04:45

7. Raw Strings 01:28

8. Triple Quoted Strings 03:06

9. Booleans 03:55

10. Functions: Composite Data Types 08:36

11. Functions: Math 04:50

12. Functions: Type Conversion 06:54

13. Functions: Iterables and Iterators 11:45

14. Functions: Input and Output 05:09

15. Functions: Variables, References, and Scope (Part 1) 03:39

16. Functions: Variables, References, and Scope (Part 2) 05:58

17. Functions: Miscellaneous 10:57

18. Basic Data Types in Python: Summary 00:59

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About Darren Jones

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With 20 years as a teacher of music technology, Darren is keen to bring his skills to the Python table.

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Each tutorial at Real Python is created by a team of developers so that it meets our high quality standards. The team members who worked on this tutorial are:

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Participant Comments

ddb on July 25, 2022

I had some previous experience with Python scripts and expected to skip through a lot of parts but I quickly found there was a lot I didn’t know and some useful methods I was unaware of. In future the dir() command will be particularly helpful for finding the available methods to use before doing it the longer or less efficient way. I will also try the end command in print statements which I have not used before.

PururinTora on Feb. 21, 2022

This was awesome, very well done! Thank you Sire!

kcode on Sept. 12, 2021

Excellent course. I enjoyed how well the instructor explained the concepts along with the examples. Great job indeed.

Glenn Lehman on July 9, 2021

Thank You Very Much!

I learned more in this video then in the entire course I took on python scripting in college.

Is there a link to setup up bpython?

Janet Anne on Feb. 9, 2021

Wow. I FINALLY understood hash() after this. Thank you! Great refresher on Python data types.

Paul D Paradis on Aug. 5, 2020

This is gold! I have been teaching myself Python for a while now, and this is the best presentation of fundamental data types I have ever come across. I just joined real Python and decided to go through the basics as a refresher and to get comfortable with the site, and I am thoroughly impressed.

Rowan on April 29, 2020

This was more detailed than I expected. Thanks RP Team for the great job on this exercise. “Started from the bottom now I’m here.” as Drake would say.

tomspoors on March 15, 2020

An excellent overview, well-delivered, and in a soothing voice! Thank you, I learned a lot of useful things!

Mallesham Yamulla on Jan. 26, 2020

It’s a fantastic refresher on Python Data types, I really learned a couple of new things from it and thanks for this tutorial.

emalfiza on Jan. 25, 2020

Awesome! totally different from any other Python platform. Really appreciate your time Darren

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