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Python Basics

Glossary

  • Character - Characters in python are unicode characters. The computer can only store numbers so each character is stored as a number. See sites like unicode-table.com to find out what character code corresponds to each character.
  • Sequence - In python a sequence is an object that you can iterate over. Strings, lists, the output of range(), are just some examples of sequences.
  • Mapping -

Built-In Types

  • bool - Boolean. A True or False value
  • str - String. A sequence of characters
  • int - An integer value
  • float - A floating point number
  • list - An indexed mutable list of items
  • tuple - An indexed immutable list of items
  • range - A range of numbers
  • dict - A dictionary. A list of items represented by key/value pairs
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