Why is the output of an input always a string?

Answer 1

The input() function takes in input from standard in (keyboard in console) and returns a string stripping the newline character from the input. If you need what was input by the user to be of a different type then you must convert it. I.E. int(input()) to convert the users input to an integer.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html
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The standard input and output streams can only deal with objects that can be utilized within the stream. In this case str. So, all values received from the standard input will be returned as a string (str) and all values sent to standard output (console window) will be converted to a string (str) and then inserted into the stream. The conversion, when using standard output, happens after all the operations have completed and is then done implicitly.

Answer 2

that isn't right, you can make it int just write:
int(input())
this how you make the input int.
like this:
input()
it's a string.

Answer 3

When we use input() function alone then it converts the data as default i.e., as string that's why if we need integer or float value, we make use of int(), float or eval() function along with input() so as to get desired output

Answer 4

Python by default takes input as a string due to its configuration, however, you can program it in such a way that the string is automatically converted into whatever you want.Be it integer, float, etc
E.g age = int(input())
#to make the input an integer#

Answer 5

Python is a very reliable language.
We can give string, integer & float to the input function.

Answer 6

If you want integer Use int(input())

Answer 7

input() normally returns a strings. However , you can change it to another type by converting it to the desired type such as float, int ,....

Answer 8

Because in python input default set to string. If we want to take input in any other data type then we have to write the data type name before the input().

Answer 9

input() always returns a string but you can change the type of output. For example if you want an integer type write int(input())

Answer 10

age=input ()
print =(age)

Answer 11

but even if you output a number x and then calculate type (x) it's going to say that it's a string

Answer 12

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Answer 13

That is how the python language is.nl

Answer 14

You can declare the type of input you want in other to simplify your coding and better understanding for other users. Output can be float, string, int and Boolean if the declaration is specified.

Answer 15

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Answer 16

Input("Enter any year: ")

How to get year to be read as an integer?

Answer 17

The output for an input returns always a string value

Answer 18

When you enter a character string, the 'ENTER' key signifies an end of line. The input function will read each character entered and save them in the variable until it encounters the end of line character.

Answer 19

By default it's string but you can change if you want, to either float, int etc

Answer 20

Default value