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Introduction to Python for Data Science

Introduction
Displaying values
Variables
The print function
12. Joining strings and numbers
List basics
Summary

Instruction

As you could see, Python knows the difference between strings (text) and numbers. The number 5 and the text (mind the apostrophes!) '5' are two different things. You can also use the plus sign (+) to join strings and numbers together, but you need to convert numbers to strings using function str():

current_age = 25
'I am ' + str(current_age) + ' years old.'

Note how we used str(current_age) to convert integer current_age into string. Without this conversion, the code would break.

Exercise

Create variable endurance with a value of 5. Then, use the variable to show the following sentence:

I can walk for 5 hours!

Stuck? Here's a hint!

Use str(endurance).