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    NUMBER
                     Integer numbers, floating-point numbers and complex numbers are the built-in numeric data
                     types of Python.

                     Integer/Long

                     Integers are whole numbers consisting of + or – signs. They do not have decimal places between
                     them. For example, 87, -3 are called integer numbers.

                     Float
                     Float data type represents numbers that contain a decimal point. For example, 0.6, -3.257 are
                     called floating-point numbers. These numbers can also be written using ‘e’ or ‘E’ to represent the
                     power 10.

                     SEQUENCE

                     A sequence is an ordered collection of items of similar or different data types. The three types of
                     sequence data types are Strings, Lists and Tuples.

                     Strings
                     A string is a sequence of one or more characters put in single quotes, double quotes or triple quotes
                     which is used to represent text-based information. The quotes are not a part of the string. For
                     example, "hello","Orange Education", 'Amit', '365'.

                     List
                     A list is a collection of data elements separated by comma (,) and enclosed within square

                     brackets []. We can also create a list with the elements that are the same or have different data
                     types. For example, [1,2,5], ['HELLO',45,87.6].

                     Tuple
                     A tuple is just like a list. It contains a group of elements that can be of different data types. The
                     elements in the tuple are separated by commas (,) and enclosed in parentheses (). The difference
                     between a list and a tuple is that list can be modified but tuples cannot be modified after it is
                     created. For example, (7, 9.5, 3), ('a',4,3).

                     BOOLEAN
                     Boolean is a data type with two built-in values: True or False. They are used in logical evaluation.
                     A True statement returns value 1 while a False statement returns value 0.

                     TYPE CONVERSION IN PYTHON
                     Type conversion in Python refers to changing the data type of a variable from one type to
                     another. It can be classified into two types:

                       Implicit Type Conversion: Python automatically converts one data type to another when
                       there is no risk of data loss. This process is known as implicit type conversion or automatic
                       type casting.

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