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TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str' - pythonnoob1234 - May-21-2018
Hi i'm new to python and i just don't understand this error Python code
width=input("what is the width?")
height=input("what is the height?")
area=width*height
print("The area is" ,area)
ERROR
what is the width? 2
what is the height? 3
Traceback (most recent call last):
line 3, in <module>
area=width*height
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str'
RE: TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str' - wavic - May-21-2018
The input values are strings. You have to convert them to integers
RE: TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str' - j.crater - May-21-2018
input returns a string, so with area=width*height you are really multiplying two strings.
You need to convert the inputs (strings) to numbers first, for example integer:
width=int(input("what is the width?"))
height=int(input("what is the height?"))
RE: TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str' - pythonnoob1234 - May-21-2018
how would you do that . i'm getting confused
oh ok .I ran the program and it worked .Thank you all
RE: TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str' - wavic - May-21-2018
(May-21-2018, 06:06 PM)j.crater Wrote: width=int(input("what is the width?"))
height=int(input("what is the height?"))