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Every value has a type, and the built-in type
function returns the type of the result of any expression.
One type we have encountered already is a built-in function. Python indicates that the type is a builtin_function_or_method
; the distinction between a function and a method is not important at this stage.
type(abs)
This chapter will explore many useful types of data.