Python/Fundamentals 5 min

Values, variables and types

Numbers, strings, booleans and how Python names them.

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Python variables are names bound to values; you never declare a type. The core scalar types are int, float, str and bool.

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Strings support slicing and f-strings, which interpolate expressions directly into text.

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Use // for integer division, % for the remainder and ** for powers.

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