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
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