TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'str' and 'int'

Question

New to python and programing how come I\'m getting this error?

def cat_n_times(s, n):
    while s != 0:
        print(n)
        s = s - 1

text = input(\"Wh         


        

Answer 1

For future reference Python is strongly typed. Unlike other dynamic languages, it will not automagically cast objects from one type or the other (say from str to int) so you must do this yourself. You'll like that in the long-run, trust me!