On 14Jun2013 11:37, Nikos as SuperHost Support <supp...@superhost.gr> wrote: | On 14/6/2013 11:22 πμ, Antoon Pardon wrote: | | >>Python prints numbers: | >No it doesn't, numbers are abstract concepts that can be represented in | >various notations, these notations are strings. Those notaional strings | >end up being printed. As I said before we are so used in using the | >decimal notation that we often use the notation and the number interchangebly | >without a problem. But when we are working with multiple notations that | >can become confusing and we should be careful to seperate numbers from their | >representaions/notations. | | How do we separate a number then from its represenation-natation?
Shrug. When you "print" a number, Python transcribes a string representation of it to your terminal. | What is a notation anywat? is it a way of displayment? but that | would be a represeantion then.... Yep. Same thing. A "notation" is a particulart formal method of representation. | No it doesn't, numbers are abstract concepts that can be represented in | various notations | | >>but when we need a decimal integer | > | >There are no decimal integers. There is only a decimal notation of the number. | >Decimal, octal etc are not characteristics of the numbers themselves. | | So everything we see like: | | 16474 | nikos | abc123 | | everything is a string and nothing is a number? not even number 1? Everything you see like that is textual information. Internally to Python, various types are used: strings, bytes, integers etc. But when you print something, text is output. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon. Buy the negatives at any price. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
