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Python Literals
Python Literals can be defined as data that is given in a variable or constant.

Python supports the following literals:

1. String literals:
String literals can be formed by enclosing a text in the quotes. We can use both single
as well as double quotes to create a string.

Example:

"Aman" , '12345'

Types of Strings:

There are two types of Strings supported in Python:

a) Single-line String- Strings that are terminated within a single-line are known as
Single line Strings.

Example:

text1='hello'

b) Multi-line String - A piece of text that is written in multiple lines is known as

multiple lines string.

There are two ways to create multiline strings:

1) Adding black slash at the end of each line.

Example:

text1='hello\
user'
print(text1)

'hellouser'

2) Using triple quotation marks:-

Example:

str2='''''welcome
to
SSSIT'''
print str2

Output:

welcome
to
SSSIT

II. Numeric literals:

Numeric Literals are immutable. Numeric literals can belong to following four
different numerical types.

Int(signed Long(long float(floating Complex(complex)

integers) integers) point)

Numbers( can be Integers of Real numbers with In the form of a+bj

both positive and unlimited size both integer and where a forms the
negative) with no followed by real part and b
 fractional part.eg: lowercase or fractional part eg: forms the
100 uppercase L eg: -26.2 imaginary part of
87032845L the complex
number. eg: 3.14j

Example - Numeric Literals

x = 0b10100 #Binary Literals

y = 100 #Decimal Literal
z = 0o215 #Octal Literal
u = 0x12d #Hexadecimal Literal

#Float Literal
float_1 = 100.5
float_2 = 1.5e2

#Complex Literal
a = 5+3.14j

print(x, y, z, u)
print(float_1, float_2)
print(a, a.imag, a.real)

Output:

20 100 141 301

100.5 150.0
(5+3.14j) 3.14 5.0

III. Boolean literals:

A Boolean literal can have any of the two values: True or False.

Example - Boolean Literals

x = (1 == True)
 y = (2 == False)
z = (3 == True)
a = True + 10
b = False + 10

print("x is", x)
print("y is", y)
print("z is", z)
print("a:", a)
print("b:", b)

Output:

x is True
y is False
z is False
a: 11
b: 10

IV. Special literals.

Python contains one special literal i.e., None.

None is used to specify to that field that is not created. It is also used for the end of
lists in Python.

Example - Special Literals

val1=10
val2=None
print(val1)
print(val2)

Output:
 10
None

V. Literal Collections.
Python provides the four types of literal collection such as List literals, Tuple literals,
Dict literals, and Set literals.

List:

List contains items of different data types. Lists are mutable i.e., modifiable.

The values stored in List are separated by comma(,) and enclosed within square
brackets([]). We can store different types of data in a List.

Example - List literals

list=['John',678,20.4,'Peter']
list1=[456,'Andrew']
print(list)
print(list + list1)

Output:

['John', 678, 20.4, 'Peter']

['John', 678, 20.4, 'Peter', 456, 'Andrew']

Dictionary:

Python dictionary stores the data in the key-value pair.

It is enclosed by curly-braces {} and each pair is separated by the commas(,).

Example

dict = {'name': 'Pater', 'Age':18,'Roll_nu':101}

 print(dict)

Output:

{'name': 'Pater', 'Age': 18, 'Roll_nu': 101}

Tuple:

Python tuple is a collection of different data-type. It is immutable which means it

cannot be modified after creation.

It is enclosed by the parentheses () and each element is separated by the

comma(,).

Example

tup = (10,20,"Dev",[2,3,4])
print(tup)

Output:

(10, 20, 'Dev', [2, 3, 4])

Set:

Python set is the collection of the unordered dataset.

It is enclosed by the {} and each element is separated by the comma(,).

Example: - Set Literals

set = {'apple','grapes','guava','papaya'}
print(set)

Output:
 {'guava', 'apple', 'papaya', 'grapes'}

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