Numbers

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Numeric types include integer, float, and complex—they are among the most commonly used basic types.

Integers

Integers have no decimal point and can be positive or negative. Python 3 has no distinction between short and long integers.

code.python 
>>> a = 12
>>> a
12

Python integers have no size limit (no overflow).

Floats

Floats include decimals. For example:

code.python 
>>> a = 31.415
>>> a
31.415

When integers and floats are mixed in operations, the result is a float.