Converting Data Types in Python

If you remember so far we have mentioned three types, int, float, and str. For those who don't remember int is integer and is a whole number integer (3 and 91 for example). Float is floating point and has a decimal value (7.2 or even 9.0) and str is string or a string of characters ("Hello, World" is a string). To convert between types Python allows the following:

Convert to integer:
>>>int("29")
29

>>>x=5
>>>int(x)
5

>>>int(3.14159)
3

Convert to float:
>>>float("3.14159")
3.14159

>>>float 5
5.0

Convert to string:
>>>str(3.14159)
'3.14159'

>>>str(42)
'42'

You can also test to see what type you have. You do this by using the type() function call. Here are some examples.

>>>type('42')
<class 'str'>

>>>type(4.2)
<class 'float'>

As the class I am following online is using an older version of Python I'm trying to keep up with the new rules but I may (will) miss some. I started running them on the new one so I can learn it better and hopefully this will fix the discrepancies I've been having. Here is a site that has a lot of the new changes.