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Hands-on for 'Python - Basic Types & Type Conversion' tutorial

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The questions this addresses are:
- What kinds of data do programs store?
- How can I convert one type to another?

The objectives are:
- Explain key differences between integers and floating point numbers.
- Explain key differences between numbers and character strings.
- Use built-in functions to convert between integers, floating point numbers, and strings.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: data-science, jupyter-notebook

Target audience: Students

Resource type: hands-on tutorial

Authors: Bazante Sanders, Donny Vrins, Helena Rasche, The Carpentries

Contributors: Bazante Sanders, Donny Vrins, Helena Rasche, The Carpentries

Scientific topics: Software engineering

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