Python for Java Programmers
Chapter 2: Basic data types
Basic built-in data types
In line with its philosophy of keeping things simple, Python offers a much more stripped down collection of basic data types compared to Java. The following are the main basic Python data types:
- Numbers:
int,float,complex - Booleans:
bool - Strings:
str
That’s mainly it! (There’s also a bytes type, but you probably will not be using it much).
Also, a definition: literal is a succinct and ‘direct’ way to write a value, e.g. 558, 2.6, "hello", True.