Python error. cant convert int object to "str" imlicitly (Totally confused beginner here)

Question

So i decided to make a small string of code that converts your age into lion years (Basically multiplicating your age by 5). The problem i have is i cant get it to take the age as an integer and input, that or i cant make it print the "lionage" integer below.

Code and error sign below:

name = input ("please type your name in: ")
age = int(input ("please type your age in: "))
age = int(age)
five = int(str(5))
lionage = int(age*five)

print ("Hello " + name + "! Your age is " + age + " but in lion years it's " + str(lionage) + " years")

Error: can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly

I may be wrong on what I got wrong in the code.

(By the way, please prioritize giving me an answer of why its going wrong and how I can fix it simplifying the code to make it smaller. (i want to learn that myself, thanks :) )

you need to change `age` with `str(age)` in this line `print ("Hello " + name + "! Your age is " + age + " but in lion years it's " + str(lionage) + " years") ` — toheedNiaz, Apr 11 '18 at 14:25
By now you may have realized that `five = int(str(5))` is a very convoluted way of doing `five = 5`. — Arndt Jonasson, Apr 11 '18 at 14:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · 2018-04-11T14:35:28.140

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Around all variables add str().

For example:

a = 21
print("Your age is " + str(a))

This would output "Hello World" (without speech marks).

edited Apr 11 '18 at 14:35

answered Apr 11 '18 at 14:26

Actually you don't need `str ()` here ! – Mehrdad Pedramfar Apr 11 '18 at 14:28
You do age is defined as an integer and you can't add a string to an integer. – Apr 11 '18 at 14:30
I'm talking about your answer, `a` is string so you don't need to cast it again. – Mehrdad Pedramfar Apr 11 '18 at 14:32
Ohk my bad. I'll edit it – Apr 11 '18 at 14:35
That is right now. – Mehrdad Pedramfar Apr 11 '18 at 14:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 11 '18 at 14:27

Python can print number, string, ... pretty much anything as long as types are not mixed up. In your case, age is a number and the rest of the line you want to print is a string. You need to convert your number to a string by adding str(age) instead of just age.

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 11 '18 at 14:32

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Age is a integer and you trying to concat with an string. In python, you cannot do that directly.

print ("Your age is " + age)) # <- wrong answer

you must convert age to string before concating

print ("Your age is " + str(age)) # <- Correct answer

edited Apr 11 '18 at 14:32

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Python error. cant convert int object to "str" imlicitly (Totally confused beginner here)

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