""" Purpose: introduce type() and id()
"""

# get variable values
reply = input( "Enter an in integer and a decimal: " )
n, x  = reply.split() # n stores the integer, x stores the decimal
n = int( n )
x = float( x )

# investigate variables
type_reply = type( reply ) # since reply was handed back from an input(), we know its a string
type_n = type( n ) # we cast n to an integer using the int() function
type_x = type( x ) # we cast x to a float using the float() function
# type() of a variable is going to return <class 'whatever'>
# semi-colons abound in other programming languages, they end statements

id_reply = id( reply ) # these values will change everytime based on the frame of memory the computer hands
id_n = id( n ) # python to run this program
id_x = id( x ) # these are going to be very big numbers because computers have a lot of memory
# why would we want to know where data is? i have never used this function in my CS career
# display variable characteristics
print()
print( "reply:", reply, type_reply, id_reply )
print( "n:", n, type_n, id_n )
print( "x:", x, type_x, id_x )