[Tutor] RE: I don't understand why it doesn't work :(

[David Broadwell]

> I expected 17 because I thought that
> print int (s) convert my string in an integer
> so that the addition between 3*4 and 5 was possible.
That would be eval(), consider this;
>>> s = "3 * 4"
>>> eval(s)
12
>>> print eval(s) + 5
17

When you assigned s had you used;
>>> s = 3 * 4

Your results would have been what you expected.

What do you get when you int("3 * 4") ?

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David Broadwell