Why is it that when I do ('2' + '2') it gives me 22

Answer 1

Because using quotation marks means you're dealing with strings, not numbers.

Answer 2

Concatenation
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Tutorial 11.1

Answer 3

At least this isn't happening in C or C++

Answer 4

Just add

Answer 5

Share your code

Answer 6

David,
It's because of the quotation marks, they imply that you're working with strings and not numbers.
To get the correct answer, get rid of the quotations