Implicit Type Conversion in Python

In Implicit type conversion of data types in Python, the Python interpreter automatically converts one data type to another without any user involvement. To get a more clear view of the topic see the below examples.

Example

As we can see the data type of ‘z’ got automatically changed to the “float” type while one variable x is of integer type while the other variable y is of float type. The reason for the float value not being converted into an integer instead is due to type promotion that allows performing operations by converting data into a wider-sized data type without any loss of information. This is a simple case of Implicit type conversion in Python.

Output

x is of type: <class 'int'>
y is of type: <class 'float'>
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z is of type: <class 'float'>

Python defines type conversion functions to directly convert one data type to another which is useful in day-to-day and competitive programming. This article is aimed at providing information about certain conversion functions.

There are two types of Type Conversion in Python:

1. Python Implicit Type Conversion
2. Python Explicit Type Conversion