Python (2.x) multiplication is not happening properly

Question

Here is the code ...

a=4
b=8.0
if a and a >0:
    a=a*int(b)
    print \"Value:\",a 

The desired o/p should be 32. i am also getting the sam

Answer 1

That looks like a is a string, and not an integer. Try this:

a = int(a) * int(b)

Hope that helps