Learning Python for Forensics

Standard data types

With our first script complete, it is now time to understand the basic data types of Python. These data types are similar to those found in other programming languages, but are invoked with a simple syntax described in the following table and sections. For a full list of standard data types available in Python, visit the official documentation at http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html.

Data type	Description	Example
str	String	str(), "Hello", 'Hello'
unicode	Unicode characters	unicode(), u'hello', "world".encode('utf-8')
int	Integer	int(), 1, 55
float	Decimal precision integers	float(), 1.0, .032
bool	Boolean Values	bool(), True, False
list	List of elements	list(), [3, 'asd', True, 3]
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