Practice Type Conversion (casting) (1.6) - Variables and Data Types

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Question 1.
What function would you use to convert a string to an integer?
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Think about which function starts with 'i' and handles integers.
Question 2.
What would bool('') return?
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Consider what Truthy or Falsy means in Python.
3Question 3.
What does int('45') return?
- 45
- None
- Invalid
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Think about what happens when you convert strings of numbers.
4Question 4.
Is float('3.14') equal to 3.14?
- True
- False
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Consider the value and how it's represented in Python.
Question 5.
Create a program that takes user input as a string, converts it to int, subtracts 10, and returns the result. What will the output be if the input is '50'?
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Follow through with input conversion before performing any arithmetic.
Question 6.
Write a function that accepts a string of numbers separated by commas, converts each to int, and returns the total sum of these integers.
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Think about how to process each number individually after conversion!

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