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Data Types

Boolean and Character Data Types: Mastering Logic and Text in Programming

Explains Python's Boolean type and logical operators (and, or, not) with comparison operator examples, then shows how Booleans drive conditional flow. Covers the concept of characters as single-element strings, explains ASCII and Unicode encoding, and demonstrates ord() and chr() for converting between characters and their numeric codes. A password validator exercise combines Boolean flags for uppercase, lowercase, digit, and special character checks, and a text analyzer challenge puts character-level iteration into practice.

Numeric Data Types: Mastering Integers and Floats in Programming

Distinguishes Python's two primary numeric types: integers (arbitrary-precision whole numbers) and floats (decimal-point numbers with IEEE 754 representation). Covers all arithmetic operators including floor division (//) and modulus (%), explains why dividing two integers produces a float in Python 3, and demonstrates type conversion with int() and float(). Highlights floating-point precision pitfalls (like 0.1 + 0.2 not equaling 0.3) and mentions the decimal module as a remedy. Practical exercise builds a Celsius-to-Fahrenheit converter with round-trip conversion.