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Beginning Python: Data Types


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An integer in Python, also known as a 'numeric literal', is simply a name used for a numeric value. For this reason, these values are commonly called integers even if they are assigned the value of a real number in the form of an integer and a decimal value. Any numeric value can be assigned to it at any time, overwriting the previous value.

To assign a value to an integer variable, one writes a statement after the following template:

 <numeric literal name> = <numeric literal value> 

Some examples are:

 x = 1500 
 pi = 3.14 
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