[Tutor] Issue with string method: str(variable ** n)

[Dave Angel]

On 05/16/2013 02:58 PM, Rafael Knuth wrote:
> Hej,
>
> I wrote a tiny little program which I was hoping would take a number as
> input, square and print it:
>
> square = input ("Enter a number. ")
> print (str(square) + " squared is " + str(square ** 2))
>
> It seems I can't work with variables within the str() string method, and I
> was wondering if anyone can help?
>
> PS. I am using Python 3.3.0
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Rafael
>
>
In Python 3.3.0, input returns a string.  So square is a string.  There 
isn't any meaning to squaring a string.


You probably want either:

square = float(input("Enter a number.")
or
square = int(input("Enter a number.")

Suggestion for next time - include the error traceback.

-- 
DaveA