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x = 9
print(x, ' is a ' , type(x))
x = 2000-01-01
print(x, ' is a ' , type(x))
x = "abc"
print(x, ' is a ' , type(x))
x = [1,"abc",2]
print(x, ' is a ' , type(x))
this will print:
9 is a number
2000-01-01 00:00:00 is a date
abc is a string
[1,"abc",2] is a list
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