080_Python_Data_Types.ipynb

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    "# Python Data Types\n",
    "\n",
    "Python comes with lots of different data types. This notebook will explore the most common ones you'll use every day as a Python developer."
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    "## Numerics "
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    "Numerics are numbers (with or without decimal points). They can also be complex numbers."
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    "# Ints (integers) are full numbers\n",
    "age =  30\n",
    "cats = 2 \n",
    "# Floats are numbers with decimals \n",
    "pi = 3.14 "
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    "## Booleans "
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    "Booleans are True or False. Can't be anything else. It's a binary option, like a 1 or a 0."
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    "reading_this_notebook = True \n",
    "floating_in_spaces = False"
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   "source": [
    "## Sequences"
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    "Sequences are data types that can be iterated over, like a grocery list. Python has quite a few different types, but these are the 4 main ones: `list`, `tuple`, `set` and `str` (string)"
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    "List = ['Milk', 'Bread', 'Eggs', 'Eggs', True, False, {}, (), ['a', 'b', 'c']]\n",
    "Tuples = ('Milk', 'Bread', 'Eggs',)\n",
    "Sets = {'Milk', 'Bread', 'Eggs'}\n",
    "String = \"Python for Everybody True\""
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    "## Dictionaries"
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    "Dictionaries are like variables within variables that can have a named reference. For example `person['name']` -> `'Kalob'`"
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    "Dict = {\n",
    "    'Milk': 'Goats Milk',\n",
    "    'Eggs': 'Free Range Eggs',\n",
    "}"
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    "person = {\n",
    "    'name': 'Kalob',\n",
    "    'cats': 2,\n",
    "    'family_members': ['Mother', 'Father', 'Brother', 'Sister']\n",
    "}"
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