What is str and int actually? (Solved)

Question

And how does the input system work, its needed when running the program. Any help at explaining would be awesome! Tnx.
Edit: Tnx Seb and David Carroll. Helped alot ;)

Answer 1

In Python, just as Seb TheS said, str and int are built-in classes, or more specifically, built-in types used to create new objects.

For these types, they are:

str: Used for string objects.
int: Used for integer objects.

The online documentation on this is confusing because they refer to str() and int() as built-in functions.

However, these are actually class constructors used for returning object references based on the values passed in as argument.

These are used to convert a value of one type into a value of another type.

Ex: Convert number to string:

secretToLife = str(42)

Ex: Convert string to number:

theNumber = int(secretToLife)

Hopefully this helps and makes sense.

Answer 2

Michael, i would suggest you to continue your python course because everything you are asking for is explained there. 🤤
See Basic Concepts.

Answer 3

Actually I don't think that the Python tutorial explained the true meaning of str and int, for simplicity it told they would be just functions, in this lesson:
https://www.sololearn.com/learn/Python/2284/
But really they are classes, str and int are both builtin classes, and you call their constructors __init__ or __new__, when you call the class name as a function.
But ofcourse it would have been a lot more confusing for beginners, if the tutorial could have told about their real meaning instead of treating them as functions. Anyways they work like pure-functions.