Cant multiply sequence by non-int type 'str'

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Apr-24-2017, 02:16 PM (This post was last modified: Apr-24-2017, 02:17 PM by ichabod801.)

If you are using Python 3.x, input returns a string. You need to convert to integer (or float, if that is what you are expecting).

>>> int('801') == 801
True
>>> 4 * int('27')
108

The float() function does the same for numbers with a decimal part.

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RE: Cant multiply sequence by non-int type 'str' - by ichabod801 - Apr-24-2017, 02:16 PM

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