Beginner · PYTHON PROGRAMMING

Input and type conversion

What you will learn

Read standard input, trim text and convert numeric data.

Understand the concept

input() always returns a string. Convert it with int only when numeric input is expected.

Practise

Handle an invalid age using try and except ValueError.

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PRACTICE LAB

Read. Edit. Run.

Python source · .py

Experiment with the program below. Your code and input are sent to the selected compiler only when you run it.

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Input / output example

Example input
Ravi
20
Expected output for the original program
Ravi will be 21
Output will appear here.

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