[Tutor] Getting error on my code

[Leam Hall]

On 1/31/25 06:10, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 31/01/2025 10:46, Leam Hall via Tutor wrote:
> 
>>> def_init_(self , name , age):
>>> self.name = name
>>> self.age = age
>>> print(self.name.title() + self.age)
> 
>> 2. Made the age a string in the __init__ print method.
> 
> As a matter of interest, why?
> print() converts its arguments to strings internally
> so why the explicit conversion?


I thought it would as well, but got a TypeError without the str() cast:

[leam at shaphan toys]$ ./dappy.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/leam/lang/python/toys/./dappy.py", line 15, in <module>
     my_dog = Dog('willie' , 6)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   File "/home/leam/lang/python/toys/./dappy.py", line 13, in __init__
     print(self.name.title() + " " + self.age)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "int") to str

[leam at shaphan toys]$ python -V
Python 3.12.1+


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