How to find data type in Python

In python, you can find the data type using the built in function type(). Since everything is an object in Python, data types are actually classes and variables are instance (object) of these classes.

We can use the type() function to know which class a variable or a value belongs to.

a = 5
print("Type of a is", type(a))

b = 4.3
print("Type of b is", type(b))

c = 'Santa'
print("Type of c is", type(c))

d = [1, 4, 2, 5]
print("Type of d is", type(d))

e = ('a', 'b', 2)
print("Type of e is", type(e))

f = {1:'one', 2:'two'}
print("Type of f is", type(f))

Output:

Type of a is <class 'int'>
Type of b is <class 'float'>
Type of c is <class 'str'>
Type of d is <class 'list'>
Type of e is <class 'tuple'>
Type of f is <class 'dict'>