Primitive data types
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About this video
A quick tour of the basic data types programs use: integers (whole numbers), floats (numbers with decimal points), Booleans (true or false) and strings of characters, which need quotation marks.
You'll be able to
- name four primitive data types: integer, float, Boolean and string.
- identify the data type of a simple value such as 7, 2.5, True or "hi".
Key words
- integer
- A whole number, like 7 or -3.
- float
- A number with a decimal point, like 2.5.
- Boolean
- A value that is either true or false.
- string
- A sequence of characters written inside quotation marks, like "hello".
Transcript
- [Narrator] Programs manipulate data, which come in several data types. Integers, that's whole numbers. Floats have decimal points. Booleans, true or false, and strings of characters. Don't forget the quotation marks.
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