It's time to talk about a data type that has become an inseparable part of coding: **strings**. Strings are how you can put your regular words into a Python compiler. We noticed that Python understands some words, but only reserved ones, like **print**, **if**, **and**, etc. However, to put your words into Python, we should use the quotes `'word'` or `"word"` (both syntaxes are permitted).


 ```
Input:
string1 = "cat"
string2 = 'cat'
print("The first output is", string1)
print("The second output is", string2)

Output:
The first output is cat
The second output is cat
 ```


There is another less commonly used way of defining strings, triple quotes:

string = """
Hello, I am learning Python to receive the job of my dream.
By the way, even one task a day helps me inch my way towards success!
I am in control of my life, and I improve it every day!
"""

As we can see, it was implemented to shorten long texts that consist of several lines of code; otherwise, we will receive an error:


 ```
Input:
string = 'Hello, I am learning Python to get the job of my dreams.
By the way, even one task a day helps me inch my way towards success!
I am in control of my life, and I improve it every day!'

Output:
EOL while scanning string literal
``` 


Numeric data types are crucial in Python, so it is important to start with them. Here you will work with simple math operations and find out the purposes of learning different types of numerical data.

The main goal of this section is to clarify the boolean data types; it's a sub type of numeric data, but indeed it is more challenging. Since it is always better to excel in the more difficult topics, this section is a valuable part of your curriculum.

Strings are a way for us to implement your phrases in Python, that is, to give instructions to users who are the target audience of your program. Indeed, it is always better to be able to work with strings because they should be used in your code. You'll understand why soon.

This chapter consists of practical tasks that combine all the examined topics together with a bit of theory.