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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types Numbers

Minwook Jeong
Minwook Jeong
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Posted by Minwook Jeong
Minwook Jeong
2,453 Points

Could you guys tell me the definition of 'ints' and 'float' in Python

Based on what I am currently understanding so far

a float is like a decimal number in math

how about ints???

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

An integer (int) is a "whole number".

So while a float might represent 12.7, the int version of the same value would just be 12. Integer math always throws away any fractional part of a number.