{"id":869,"date":"2015-08-27T12:13:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T12:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/?p=869"},"modified":"2015-08-27T12:34:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T12:34:41","slug":"python-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/2015\/08\/27\/python-input\/","title":{"rendered":"Python – Input()"},"content":{"rendered":"

Python input() function returns a string to the assigned variable. This can cause us problems when we want to store integers or floats.<\/p>\n

We can use the int() function to convert the string to a integer or the float() function to convert it to a floating point. It is better to do this when you get the input or initialise the variable as you may forget later in the program.<\/p>\n

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The first block of code shows Python returning a string. The second block of code uses a int() to return an Integer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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