How do you add with variables in python

Question

I tried this:

a = input()
print("+")
b = input()
c =a+b
print(c)

But it output 55 instead of 10 when I input 5 + 5

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '19 at 23:57

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If you run print(5+5) you will get 10. If you run print('5'+'5') you will get 55 because the + operator will concatenate strings together.

answered Jul 02 '19 at 23:57

Rob Kwasowski

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '19 at 23:58

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You are concatenating strings instead of adding integers, you can use int() to convert from string to integer and str() to convert from integer to string.

answered Jul 02 '19 at 23:58

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How do you add with variables in python

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