The process of converting the value of one data type (integer, string, float) to another data type is called type conversion. Python has two types of type conversion.
- Implicit Type Conversion
- In Implicit type conversion, Python automatically converts one data type to another data type.
- This process doesn’t need any user involvement.
- Python avoids the loss of data in Implicit Type Conversion.
- Implicit Type conversion example:
- Output:
- Explicit Type Conversion (AKA Type casting)
- In Type Casting loss of data may occur as we enforce the object to specific data type.
- In Explicit Type Conversion, users convert the data type of an object to required data type.
- We use the predefined functions like int(), float(), str() to perform explicit type conversion.
- This type conversion is also called typecasting because the user casts (change) the data type of the objects.
- Syntax : (required_datatype)(expression)
- Explicit Type example:
- Without type casting
- Result will be error as below
- With type casting
- Output:
