[Tutor] Getting error on my code

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Sometimes a + is not a plus.


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On Friday, January 31st, 2025 at 8:10 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor at python.org> wrote:

> On 31/01/2025 12:36, Leam Hall via Tutor wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> > 
> > Sorry, coffee still kicking in. If we redo the print statement without the concat, it does the conversion:
> > 
> > print(self.name.title(), self.age)
> 
> 
> Yes, the plus made print() treat the whole as a single string
> so it would need the str() call.
> 
> I should have spotted that too! :-)
> 
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