How do you calculate this?

Question

Hey guys. I know an answer can be really simple, but I don't get it at all. We have this print:
print(int(3 * '3') + 2 * int('1' * 2))
and how the answer can be 355 and not 13? I know that when you multiply strings you just have to print them next to each other, but there are 'int' parts before parentheses and it should change the whole output into int. Am I wrong? My VSC also prints 355, so I need to know an answer how it's done. Cheers! :)

Answer 1

3 * '3' will be '333' (string repetition), so it will be int('333') – as an integer it will be 333.

Similar, for the 2nd part of the expression: int('11'). So 11 is multiplied by 2.

Eventually we get 333 + 2*11.

Answer 2

Oh ok, I got it. Thank You Lisa :)

Answer 3

If you want to get this to 13:

print((int('3') *3 ) + (2 * int('1') * 2))