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1,513 PointsMasterticket price error
When I run the following code the results print the price incorrectly. For example if the person wants 3 tickets it prints the number "3" ten times like "3333333333" instead of 30. I don't know where I went wrong please help! :)
TICKET_PRICE = 10
tickets_remaining = 100
print("There are {} tickets remaining".format(tickets_remaining))
user_name = input("What is your first name? ")
number_of_tickets = input("Hello {}, how many tickets would you like? ".format (user_name))
price = (TICKET_PRICE * number_of_tickets)
print (price)
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsIn Python, the asterisk can be a multiply operator when used with numbers, or a "repeat" operator when used with a number and a string. The behavior you are seeing is the "repeat" of the string read in by the "input" statement.
Just convert the string to a number (perhaps using "int()") to get the multiply behavior.
Deonte Meriwether
1,513 PointsDeonte Meriwether
1,513 PointsOh yeah that's right I totally forgot about that! Thank you Steven! :)