typeerror: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'

Question

Problem:

Hi all
This is a question from a noob who started coding a few hours back.

print("Hello")
print("name")
print("hello")
print("Let's do some math!")
print(5 + "a")
print("5 + 5")
print("Thanks for playing along!")

It says, “typeerror: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'” What does it mean?

Answer 1

Hello Pal,

The problem happened when you write 

print(5 + "a")

You’ve messed up with two different data-types. Python can’t add them together in a single print function. You can either change them both to numbers or change them both to strings. Your choice!

Either

print(5 + 2)

Or

print("5" + "a")

In the first example, we are printing the result of adding two integers. In the second example, we are printing the result of concatenating two strings.

Hope this helps!