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Python

Posted by Braden Watkins
Braden Watkins
5,114 Points

why won't this run in python: a = input("enter a number ") b = input("enter another number ") print(a*b)

a = input("enter a number ") b = input("enter another number ")

print(a*b)

this will not run in the python console here at treehouse

1 Answer

akak
akak
29,446 Points

Input assigns value as a string. You need to convert it to number before multiplying.

print(int(a)*int(b))