Built-in Functions

The Python interpreter has a number of functions and types built into it that are always available.

Function	Description
abs()	Return the absolute value of a number.
bool()	Return a Boolean value.
chr()	Return the string representing a character.
float()	Return a floating point number from a number or string.
input()	This function takes an input and converts it into a string.
int()	Return an integer object constructed from a number or string.
len()	Return the length (the number of items) of an object.
list()	Rather than being a function, list is a mutable sequence type.
max()	Return the largest item in an iterable.
min()	Return the smallest item in an iterable.
ord()	Return an integer representing the Unicode code point of a character.
pow()	Return base to the power exp.
print()	Print objects to the text stream file.
round()	Return number rounded to ndigits precision after the decimal point.
sorted()	Return a new sorted list from the items in iterable.
str()	Return a str version of object.
sum()	Sums start and the items of an iterable.
type()	Return the type of an object.