Python: Explicit type conversion

In programming, there are regularly tasks where one type of data needs to be converted to another - for example, when working with forms on websites. Form data always comes in text form, even if the value is a number. Here's how it can be converted:

# str becomes int
number = int('345')
print(number)  # => 345

int() is a function into which a value is passed in order to convert it. The function behaves similarly to arithmetic operations, but does special actions. Here are a few more examples:

value = '0'
# Inside the brackets you can specify a variable
converted_value = int(value)
print(converted_value)  # => 0

# Or a specific value
converted_value2 = int('10')
print(converted_value2)  # => 10

converted_value3 = int(False)
print(converted_value3)  # => 0

converted_value4 = int(True)
print(converted_value4)  # => 1

# If a floating point number is converted
# then all the fractional part is discarded
converted_value5 = int(3.5)
print(converted_value5)  # => 3

Similarly, you can convert data into strings str() and floating point numbers float():

value = str(10)
print(value)  # '10'

value2 = str(True)
print(value2)  # 'True'

value3 = float(5)
print(value3)  # 5.0

Python performs some conversions automatically. For example, in operations where an integer and a floating-point number occur at the same time. Python automatically converts everything to float, a floating-point number:

# Implicitly the code float(3) + 1.2 is executed
value = 3 + 1.2
print(value)  # => 4.2

Output the string 2 times obtained from the number 2.9 (stored in the variable value) and the string times using type conversions and concatenation. To do this, perform two conversions: first to an integer and then to a string

2 times