What is Type Casting?

Type casting, also called type conversion, is the process of converting a value from one data type to another.

For example, a value stored as a string can be converted into an integer:

a = "10"
b = int(a)

print(b)
print(type(b))

Output:

10
<class 'int'>

Python provides several built-in functions that can be used for type conversion, including:

Function	Converts a value to
`int()`	Integer
`float()`	Floating-point number
`str()`	String
`bool()`	Boolean
`list()`	List
`tuple()`	Tuple
`set()`	Set
`dict()`	Dictionary, when the input has a valid dictionary-compatible structure
`ord()`	Unicode code point of a single character
`hex()`	Hexadecimal string representation of an integer
`oct()`	Octal string representation of an integer

Types of Type Conversion

Python type conversion can generally be understood in two ways:

Explicit type conversion happens when the programmer manually converts a value from one data type to another.