Python Convert Data Types
We are going to be looking at:
we use the type() methd to see what type something is.
Here we can see the type of “11.5” is a float.
type(11.5) 
Implicit: Automatically handled by Python (no manual conversion needed)
Explicit: Manually converting one data type to another
Example 1 - Addition
num_int = 123 # integer num_float = 1.23 # float Here, the result would be a float.
When you add an int and a float, Python automatically converts the int to a float.(implicit type conversion).
Python does this to avoid losing decimal precision.
result = num_int + num_float # result will be float print("Result:", result) 
Example 2 - Division
num1 = 7 num2 = 11 Here also the result would be a float.
result_division = num1/num2 # result will be float print("Result:", result_division) 
Lets look at the Explicit.
Example 3 - Converting string to integer
num_str = "123" Here we convert the num_str from a string to an interger using the int() method
num_int = int(num_str) print("Integer:", num_int) 
Example 4 String to Float
Here we are converting a string “num_str” to a float using the float() methond
# Converting string to float num_str = "123.45" num_float = float(num_str) print("Float:", num_float) 
Example 5 Int to String
Here we convert interger “num_int” to string using the str() method
# Converting integer to string num_int = 123 num_str = str(num_int) print("String:", num_str) 
Example 6 - hexadecimal, octal , Complex
Here we convert an int “num_int” to hex() which is a hexadecimal (base-16),Â
we also convert the int “num_int” to oct()Â which is an octal(base-8) and complex() which is a complex number
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num_int = 123 hexadecimal = hex(num_int) octal = oct(num_int) complex = complex(num_int) Example 7 List to Tuple
my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Here we convert a list “my_list” to a tuple.Â
my_tuple = tuple(my_list) Example 8 List to set
my_set = set(my_list) Example 9 List to Dictionary
my_list_pairs = [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')] Here we convert a list of key-value pairs(tuples) into a dictionary, where each first element becomes a key and the second element becomes it’s corresponding value.
my_dict = dict(my_list_pairs) Example 10 Converting Tuple to List
my_tuple = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Here we convert a tuple to a list.
using the list() method.
my_list = list(my_tuple) Example 11 Converting Tuple to Set
We use the set() method to convert a tuple “my_tuple” to a set.
my_set = set(my_tuple) Example 12 Converting Tuple to Dictionary
my_tuple_pairs = ((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')) Here we cinvert tuple “my_tuple_pairs” to a dictionary using the dict(0 method.
my_dict = dict(my_tuple_pairs) Example 13 Converting Set to List
my_set = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} We convert a set “my_set” to a list using the list() method
my_list = list(my_set) Example 14 Converting Set to Tuple
We convert a set “my_set” to a tuple using the tuple() method.
my_tuple = tuple(my_set) Example 15 Converting Set to Dictionary
my_set_pairs = {(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')} Here we convert a set “my_set_pairs” to a dictionary using the dict() method.
my_dict = dict(my_set_pairs) Example 16 Converting Dictionary to List
my_dict = {1: 'a', 2: 'b', 3: 'c'} Here we convert a dictionary “my_dict” to a list using the list() method. we use the .items() to grab the items in the dict
my_list = list(my_dict.items()) Example 17 Converting Dictionary to Tuple
Here we convert the dictionary to a tuple using the tuple() method.
my_tuple = tuple(my_dict.items()) Example 18 Converting Dictionary to Set
my_set = set(my_dict.items()) Example 19 string to list
team = 'Rays' Here we convert a string “team” to a list using the list() method.
list(team) 
Example 20 string to set
Here we convert the string “team” to a set using the set() method.
set(team) 
Example 21 string to tuple
Here we convert the string “team” to a tuple using the tuple() method
team_tuple = tuple(team) team_tuple 
