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Python

Abdullah Bhnas
Abdullah Bhnas
550 Points
Posted by Abdullah Bhnas
Abdullah Bhnas
550 Points

What is the difference between data and value?

I see these terms a lot in programming. The last sentence I encountered them was in Python Basics course: "Data is stored as all kinds of values." I think “data” here means information that we work on in our programs. Then what about “values”?

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Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

There are different types of data (strings, booleans, lists, etc.). Values on the other hand refer to what is actually being used.

for example:

isValid = True # True is a value of data type boolean