Chapter 5. Numbers

Chapter Topics

• Introduction to Numbers

• Integers

  • Boolean

  • Standard Integers

  • Long Integers

• Floating Point Real Numbers

• Complex Numbers

• Operators

• Built-in Functions

• Other Numeric Types

• Related Modules

In this chapter, we will focus on Python's numeric types. We will cover each type in detail, then present the various operators and built-in functions that can be used with numbers. We conclude this chapter by introducing some of the standard library modules that deal with numbers.