Casting in Python
“Changing data types easily”
Learning Objective
• Understand what casting is.
• Learn how to convert between data types:
• int() → Integer
• float() → Decimal
• str() → String
• Solve real-world problems using casting
What is Casting?
• Casting means changing one type of data into
another.
• Example:
"10" (text) → 10 (number)
• Icon: Arrows changing a text box into a number.
Types of Casting
• int() → whole numbers (✊ fist)
• float() → numbers with decimals (🌊 wavy lines)
• str() → text/words (👐 open hands)
Data Types
• Python has various standard data types including:
Data Types.....
• int → (Whole numbers 1, 2,3.. 5, 12 ..)
• float → Numbers with a point (2.5, 3.14…)
• string → Words, sentences, or numbers as text ("123",
"Hello")
• Ask: What type is 10? What about "10"?
Why Do We Need Casting?
• Sometimes we need to do math with numbers that are
stored as text.
• Example:
• Visual: Cross mark on wrong code, check mark on correct code.
• Key note: input() always returns string, must cast for
calculations.
Real-Life Analogy
• Casting is like changing clothes for your data.
Example: “You can’t add the word ‘ten’ to 5 — you must
turn it into a number first.”
Activity: Fix the Broken Code!
1-Pizza Slices Crisis
• Fix → int(slices)
2-Game Over Message
• Fix → str(score)
Activity: Fix the Broken Code!.......
• Science Experiment
• Fix → float(temp) + 1.5
Practice Task
• Convert:
• "8" → int
• 5 → str
• 3 → float
• Converting Integer to String
• Converting Float to integer
• Converting String To integer
• Write a program:
• user_age = input("Enter your age: ")
• print("Next year you will be " + str(int(user_age) + 1))
Common Mistakes
• Forgetting to cast strings before math.
• Casting non-numeric strings → int("hello") → Error
• Losing decimal precision with int().
Quick Quiz
• What does float(5) become?”
• “Which function converts 3.7 → 3?”
• Fix this:
Quick Quiz(Solution)
• What does float(5) become?
• Answer: 5.0 (an integer 5 is converted into a float 5.0)
• Which function converts 3.7 → 3?
• Answer: int(3.7) (it removes the decimal part and gives 3)
Quick Quiz(Solution)
• Fix this code:
Correct Code:
Answer: 17.5
Correct Code....
• 1. Pizza Slices Crisis
2. Game Over Message
Correct Code....
• 3. Science Experiment
Fixed Code:
Thank You.
