[Tutor] Miles Per Gallon Calculator`

[Kent Johnson]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:14 AM,  <iannaconec at optonline.net> wrote:
> When <variable> = raw_input ( " please enter a number " )
> <variable> = int  (<variable>) is run as part of a python script It should
> take in the user stored input and store it as an integer. Am I correct. The
> string represented by <variable> in memory is now represented by 5 for
> example?

Yes

> If this is correct why do I get an error regarding the division of two
> strings if i type print " < variable> " / < variable>

Because " <variable> " is a string and you are dividing it by an
integer. For example:

In [2]: value = 5

In [3]: "value" / value
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)

/Users/kent/Documents/Python/Tutor/<ipython console> in <module>()

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'str' and 'int'

What did you expect to print? Why did you use the / in the print statement?

Kent