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What is a Floating Point Number?

In short, a floating point number is number that represents decimal values like 3.1415 Contrast that with an integer like 11 . Demo Python Code The code below declares and then prints the data type, in Python, of a floating point number and an integer. The Parts of a Floating Point Number significand – the number’s actual digits exponent … Continue reading What is a Floating Point Number? →

Variable Types in Python

Table of Contents for this Page Common Variable types Python’s built in type  function Naming Conventions for Variables (snake vs camel case) Python supports the basic types of variables that  you would expect from a general purpose language. These are listed below. Number floating point  integer String (more here) Boolean List (more on lists here) Dictionary Tuple … Continue reading Variable Types in Python →

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