The numbers in quotes is supposed to be strings?

Answer 1

Yes they are for instance:

a = "4"
b = "3"
a + b = "43" # concatenation

but if you want to add rather though being strings:

c = int(a + b) # result of concatenation converted to an integer and save
in the variable c

c = int(a) + int(b) # this converts strings before adding to produce integer

c = 7 # for the two methods above

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

sorry how does c=int (a+b) result in c=7? isn't it still 43? sorry I've just started python

Answer 4

yep int(a+b) =43

Answer 5

ooh thanks Nishant

Answer 6

yes sure you are right, c=int(a+b) result in c= 43 but the other results in c=7 thanks