Subprogram not working

Question

I am writing out a code that is about the user entering information about the dimensions of a room. The code contains this subprogram:

def area(input_number1, input_number2):
    variable = input_number1 * input_number2
    return variable

This subprogram's function is to generate the area of a wall by the user entering the length and width and it returns the area to the user. For some reason, it isn't working?

It returns this error message:

TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str'

"the user entering information ". You probably didn't convert the entered input from a `str` to an `int` or `float`. — , Apr 08 '16 at 17:04
Try `print(repr(input_number1), repr(input_number2))`. They are strings, not ints. — tdelaney, Apr 08 '16 at 17:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '16 at 17:33

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you need to convert the input (string) to int so that you can do calculations

  input_number1 = int(input_number1)

answered Apr 08 '16 at 17:33

ryanmoir

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