Explicit conversion, also called type casting happens when data type conversion takes place because the programmer forced it in the program.
The general form of an explicit data type conversion is:
(new_data_type) (expression)
With explicit type conversion, there is a risk of loss of information since we are forcing an expression to be of a specific type. For example, converting a floating value of x = 20.67 into an integer type, i.e., int(x) will discard the fractional part .67. Following are some of the functions in Python that are used for explicitly converting an expression or a variable to a different type.
Explicit type conversion functions in Python
