Data Type Investigation

You have a box that can contain any type of object (integer, float, string, list, etc.). Write a Python program that takes this object as input, determines its data type, and prints out whether it’s an integer, float, string, list, or dictionary.

Hints

• You can use the type() function to determine the data type of an object.
• Use conditional statements (if, elif, else) to check the type and print the appropriate message.
• Consider using a dictionary to map types to their string representations for cleaner code.

Before You Begin

The boilerplate code has been provided for you. Open the file src/datatypes/object_type.py in vscode. You will need to implement the function: print_data_type(obj).

How to test

1. Run your program with python object_type.py.
2. Try adding different types of values under if __name__ == "__main__": block and see if it works as expected.

   if __name__ == "__main__":
       # Test with various conversions
       print_data_type(123)
       print_data_type("hello")
       print_data_type('test')
   

Note

Your tests should cover more data types than in the example.

How to Submit

From github desktop or the command line, commit your changes and push them to your repository.

Codespaces

If you are using codespaces, you can commit your changes directly from the Codespace interface. Click on the Source Control icon in the left sidebar, then click on the "..." button and select "Commit to main". Enter a commit message and click "Commit".

Codespace terminal or your local terminal.

Note

You will need to have installed git-scm for this to work locally

At the /datatypes $ prompt in your terminal:

git add -A 

Add all changed files in the repository to be committed

git commit -m "Upload completed object_type.py"

Commit all changes in the REPO with the comment “Upload completed object_type.py“ note: If the file is not complete, adjust the comment to describes what is being committed

git push 

Push all changes to the repo.