''' Purpose: considers how Python stores and keeps track of variables 
'''

# get inputs into proper form (string and integer)

w = input( 'Enter word: ' )

si = input( 'Enter integer: ' )

sd = input( 'Enter decimal: ' )

print()

w_type = type( w )
w_id   = id( w )

si_type = type( si )
si_id   = id( si )

sd_type = type( sd )
sd_id   = id( sd )

# display what we found out

print( 'variable w  is', w_type,  'and is at', w_id,  'and when printed displays', w )
print( 'variable si is', si_type, 'and is at', si_id, 'and when printed displays', si )
print( 'variable sd is', sd_type, 'and is at', sd_id, 'and when printed displays', sd )

print()

# let's cast (convert) si and sd respectively into an integer and decimal
# Remember that si and sd were stored as strings because user input
# is returned as a string (so the variables held strings)
# so that's why we convert them to int and float :)

# Memory locations aren't "randomly" chosen per say...
# rather the memory location is taken from the amount of allocated
# memory available in your computer and it picks one of those off
# and gives your variables/values one of the memory locations from
# memory. It kinda has its own mechanism to determine how to
# determine memory location.
# For the most part, we will have you determine
# whether two types/ids are the same/different and go from there
# in future problems :) More on this later in the course!

# Computers/computer memory are all different so your ids will
# probably look different from ours.
i = int( si )
d = float( sd )

i_type = type( i )
i_id   = id( i )

d_type = type( d )
d_id   = id( d )

# display what we found out

print( 'variable i is', i_type, 'and is at', i_id, 'and when printed displays', i)
print( 'variable d is', d_type, 'and is at', d_id, 'and when printed displays', d )