REPL - Read Evaluate Print Loop

• int
• float
• REPL

A variable comes to existence the first time we assign a value to it. It points to an object and that object knows about its type.

>>> a = "abc"
>>> len(a)
3

>>> a = '3'
>>> a + 3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in &lt;module>
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects

>>> int(a) + 3
6

>>> a = '2.3'
>>> float(a) + 1
3.3