How to convert type of variable in Python?

Question

This code did not work:(

number=input()
print('number to be tested: '+number)
int(number)
if number>5:
result=' is greater than 5'
else:
result=' is less than 5'
str(number)
print(number+result)

Answer 1

number = int(number) and number = str(number) should do the trick.

Answer 2

Input returns a string turn it into an int:
number = int(input())

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Also use the format method to print variable values...
print("Number to test: {}".format(number)) instead of print("Number to test: " + number)
print("{} {}".format(number, result)) instead of print(number + result)

Answer 5

depends on what you want to do

Answer 6

emm, what if the number receives text instead of real numbers?