Why does multiplication repeats the number several times?

Question

I don't know how to multiply in Python.

If I do this:

price = 1 * 9

It will appear like this:

111111111

And the answer needs to be 9 (1x9=9)

How can I make it multiply correctly?

Answer 1

Only when you multiply integer with a string, you will get repetitive string..

You can use int() factory method to create integer out of string form of integer..

>>> int('1') * int('9')
9
>>> 
>>> '1' * 9
'111111111'
>>>
>>> 1 * 9
9
>>> 
>>> 1 * '9'
'9'

• If both operands are ints, you will get multiplication of them as int.
• If one operand is an int and the other is a string, then the string will be repeated the number of times specified by the int.

Answer 2

Should work:

In [1]: price = 1*9

In [2]: price
Out[2]: 9