Python 3 for Beginners: Working with Numbers, Conversions, and Comments

Python 3 for Beginners: Working with Numbers, Conversions, and Comments

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Information Technology (IT), Architecture

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The video tutorial covers the basics of handling strings in programming, including how enclosing numbers in quotes turns them into strings. It explains converting strings to integers using the INT function and to floating-point numbers using the float function. The tutorial also discusses comments, highlighting single-line comments starting with an octothorpe (hash sign) and multiline comments enclosed in triple quotes.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when you enclose a number in quotes in programming?

It becomes a comment.

It becomes a string.

It becomes an integer.

It becomes a floating-point number.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which function is used to convert a string into an integer?

CONVERT function

STR function

INT function

FLOAT function

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you convert a string to a floating-point number?

Using the CONVERT function

Using the STRING function

Using the FLOAT function

Using the INT function

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What symbol is used to start a single-line comment in programming?

Slash (/)

Dollar sign ($)

Asterisk (*)

Hash sign (#)

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are multiline comments typically enclosed in programming?

Double quotes

Parentheses

Triple quotes

Single quotes