using floats/ints in print and write

[Rajarshi Guha]

Hi,
  does'nt python 2.2 allow me to use float/int variables in a string 
context. That is I can't write:

print a + 'hello'

where a is float or int. Right now I'm using fpformat.fix() to get a string 
value. Is there any other way?

TIA
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Rajarshi Guha