Hi 

Please find below example and the compiler error,

when i'm assigning value dynamically and when we comparing in "if" loop it is throwing compiler error. It should not throw error it should assign and act as int why it is thinking as string.
Code Snippet:
print("Hello World")

num = input("Enter number ")

print(num)

if(num%3 == 0):
    num+=num
    print(num)

Output in Console:
Hello World
Enter number 15
15
Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "main.py", line 15, in <module>
       if(num%3 == 0):
TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting

The "num" variable is not a number, it *is* a string. Just because you call it "num" doesn't magically turn it into a number. The `input` function returns a string.

You might be thinking of Python 2.7 where `input` automatically evaluated the string as Python code. Python 3 does not do that. If you want to convert the string result of `input` to be a float or an int or some other type, you need to call the `float` or `int` functions.

Sushma, asking about the exception message on python-list was the right thing to do.  You should have waited for the answers you got there.  At this point, bugs in basic python operations are extremely rare.

Thank you

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 6:30 PM Steven D'Aprano <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

>
> Steven D'Aprano <steve+python@pearwood.info> added the comment:
>
> The "num" variable is not a number, it *is* a string. Just because you
> call it "num" doesn't magically turn it into a number. The `input` function
> returns a string.
>
> You might be thinking of Python 2.7 where `input` automatically evaluated
> the string as Python code. Python 3 does not do that. If you want to
> convert the string result of `input` to be a float or an int or some other
> type, you need to call the `float` or `int` functions.
>
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> nosy: +steven.daprano
> resolution:  -> not a bug
> stage:  -> resolved
> status: open -> closed
>
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