String question

[Alan Daniels]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:59:38 +0100, the infinitely wise Runar Olsen
(runaro at stud.cs.uit.no) spoke forth to us, saying...

[snip]
>I want the variable 'string' to be a string and not a list..
>>>> n =10
>>>> string = "n = ", n
>>>> print string
>('n = ', 10)
>
>I want string to be "n = 10". How?

By having that comma in there, right after "n = ", you're telling
Python that you want "string" to be a tuple, not a string. Properly,
what you want is:

x = "n = " + str(n)
or, 
x = "n = %d" % n

Note I'm naming the variable x here, because "string" is a standard
Python module, hence having a variable with the same name is a bad
idea (even though its allowed). Read the Python docs on tuples for a
better idea of what your code is doing.

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