Conversions - Python

Data Type Conversions

Python has built in functions to convert between different data types. To convert something to an integer you would enter:

<syntaxhiglight lang=python> number = int( textEntered) </syntaxhighlight>

or if you wanted to get the input direct from the user you could do this instead:

<syntaxhiglight lang=python> name = int( input(“enter a number”) ) </syntaxhighlight>

Other conversion functions are available: