Basic Concepts - Type Conversion

Question

In the question below

What is the output of this code?
>>> float("210" * int(input("Enter a number:" )))
Enter a number: 2

Answers Provided:
a) "210210"
b) 420
c) "420.0"
d) 210210.0 (Correct Answer)

If you enter >>> float("210" * int(input("Enter a number:" ))) in the IDLE and use the number "2" as instructed the answer you get is - 2. How do we end up with d) 210210.0 as the correct answer? What I'm I missing?

Answer 1

"210" is string. Multiplying it by integer 2 is 210210 (i.e. Repeating 210 two times)
Now, convert it to float resulting in 210210.0.

Answer 2

Thank you for your reply, I wasn't paying attention to the double quotation marks.