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Python type() function

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Python type() function

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- [Instructor] Another fundamental built-in function that comes in handy when working with data in Python is type. The function type takes in an object as input and returns the data type of a given object. To show you how the function type is used, I'll be working through some examples. Let's say I have a variable named listF. To find the type of this variable, I can call the function type and pass in listF, it will look like this. There, listF has the type list. Next, say that I have a variable named nums. To find the type of this variable, I can call the function type and pass in nums, it will look like this. I run the cell now, there we go. Nums has the type tuple, then I have a variable named names. To find the type of this variable, I can call the function type and pass in names, It will look like this. Now I run the cell. As you can see, names has the type set. Next up, I have a variable named exercise. To…

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