Practice Checking The Type Of A Variable (1.5)

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Question 1.
Create a variable fruit and assign it the value 'Mango'. What is its type?
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Use the type() function to find out.
Question 2.
What will print(type(3.14)) output?
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Think about the number type.
3Question 3.
What does the type() function do?
- Checks the value
- Checks the type of a variable
- Converts data types
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Think about what information you get from a variable.
4Question 4.
True or False: The data type of a variable cannot change in Python.
- True
- False
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Remember dynamic typing!
Question 5.
Write a program that asks for a user's name, age, and height. Display the types of all inputs and convert the age to a string and back to an integer.
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Look at how the input function works.
Question 6.
Create a function that takes a string representation of a number and returns its integer value. Use type() to confirm its type.
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Dwell on the conversion process in your function.

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