input treating integer value as string in python 3.3.2 shell

Question

I am trying to learn python language. For this I am using Python 3.3.2 Shell. The problem I am facing is this: When I type

    var = input("Enter number here")

It asks me for an input but even if I give an integer value as an input it gives me error

    TypeError: Can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly

I don't face this problem in python 2.7 shell. Can anyone tell why? Thanks in advance

I suspect you're typing a few more things than you actually say. Please start a new python shell, and copy/paste the entire thing. — Wayne Werner
– Wayne Werner, Commented Mar 3, 2016 at 14:51
Python 3's input() is equivalent to Python 2's raw_input(), which does not evaluate the input string for you. You have to do it yourself using int() — Joel Cornett
– Joel Cornett, Commented Mar 3, 2016 at 14:57

DavidG · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-03 15:00:48Z

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well you need to know which type of input you will have, in case of number you should revise your code to the following:

 var = int(input("Enter number here"))

DavidG

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answered Mar 3, 2016 at 14:52

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