Input in python solvings

Question

So basically i was solving a problem where i wrote something like

pcount=input()
brushcost=40
pcost=pcount*5
sumcount= 40 + pcost
tax=(10*sumcount)/100
paintsolve=sumcount-tax

It told me that pcount is a str, not int, and i was trying to make smthing likr adding str and int
Did i just do input wrong? ( i
was off from python for a while)

Answer 1

input will always give you a string type, you need to convert it to a number.

pcount = int(input())

Answer 2

Of course! My bad, sorry, thank you!