Make the answer of input int and str

[enderfran2006]

Hello! I am trying to figure out how to make the answer of an input be both a string and an integer.
Here is my code:

event = int(input("When is your next event? or press 'Enter' to quit or type FIND to find a date"))

I am trying to make a calender
the event will be a number for the day e.g. 16 or 31 and the 'FIND' is when you want to find a previous event you have inputed
I know that int( means integer but apart from that I am stuck

[bowlofred]

Python variables aren't both strings and integers.  input() returns a string.  So what you could do is:

• read the input into a variable (it will be a string variable)
  
• See if it is FIND
  
• If it isn't FIND, try to assign the int() value to a new variable
  

Right now you're trying to convert the input into an int, and if it's FIND, that conversion will fail.

[DeaD_EyE]

Compare with "FIND" before you cast the str into an int.

event = input("When is your next event? or press 'Enter' to quit or type FIND to find a date")
if event.strip().upper() == "FIND":
    print("Do find...")
else:
    try:
        value = int(event)
    except ValueError:
        print(f"Invalid user input {event} is not a valid integer")
    print("User entered value:", value)