Practice Checking the Type of a Variable - 1.5 | Variables and Data Types | Python Programming Language
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Checking the Type of a Variable

1.5 - Checking the Type of a Variable

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Create a variable fruit and assign it the value 'Mango'. What is its type?

💡 Hint: Use the type() function to find out.

Question 2 Easy

What will print(type(3.14)) output?

💡 Hint: Think about the number type.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does the type() function do?

Checks the value
Checks the type of a variable
Converts data types

💡 Hint: Think about what information you get from a variable.

Question 2

True or False: The data type of a variable cannot change in Python.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember dynamic typing!

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Write a program that asks for a user's name, age, and height. Display the types of all inputs and convert the age to a string and back to an integer.

💡 Hint: Look at how the input function works.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a function that takes a string representation of a number and returns its integer value. Use type() to confirm its type.

💡 Hint: Dwell on the conversion process in your function.

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