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str_repr_type.py
# The goal of str() is readbility.
# The goal of repr() is to be unambiguous.
# The goal of type() is, well..to display the type.
# Reference: Corey Schafer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cvM-crlDvg
from datetime import datetime
a = datetime.now()
print(str(a))
print(repr(a)) # shows unambiguously it's a datetime
print()
b = str(a)
print(b)
print(repr(b)) # single quotes indicate unambiguously it's a string
print()
print(type(a))
print(type(b))
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