type('helloworld!' string of characters classstring length letters str we will quickly look at how python stores textbecause it will give us an introduction to how python stores everything every object in python has "type(also known as "class"the type for text is called "strthis is short for "string of charactersand is the conventional computing name for text we typically call them "stringsinternallypython allocates chunk of computer memory to store our text it stores certain items together to do this first it records that the object is stringbecause that will determine how memory is allocated subsequently then it records how long the string is then it records the text itself