typing — Easy Examples

Type hint support: List, Dict, Optional, Union, Any, Callable, Generic, Protocol

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Getting started with typing

Basic import and usage of the typing module.

python
from typing import List, Dict, Optional, Union

def greet(name: str, times: int = 1) -> str:
    return f"Hello, {name}! " * times

def process(items: List[int]) -> Dict[str, int]:
    return {"sum": sum(items), "count": len(items)}

result = process([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
print(result)

The typing module is part of Python's standard library. Type hint support: List, Dict, Optional, Union, Any, Callable, Generic, Protocol.

Common typing operations

Frequently used functions from the typing module.

python
# More typing examples
import typing

print(f"typing module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {typing.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(typing))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the typing module.

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