[Tutor] Stuck on some basics re floats

[Matthew Polack]

Hi,

I'm a teacher trying to learn Python with my students.

I am trying to make a very simple 'unit calculator' program...but I get an
error ..I think python is treating my num1 variable as a text string...not
an integer.

How do I fix this?

Thanks!

- Matt

print ("How many inches would you like to convert? ")
num1 = input('Enter inches here')
print ("You have entered",num1, "inches")
convert = num1 * 2.54
print ("This is", convert, "centimetres")


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "convert.py", line 10, in <module>
    convert = num1 * 2.54
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'


Matthew Polack | Teacher


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