Int to String type conversion

Question

I am a beginner to Python.Below is the code which i tried yesterday

x=52
y =43
str(x)
str(y)
print(x + y)

The outcome was 95 & not 5243. I wanted to know thatif I converted those variable into string then why it is adding them mathematically?

Answer 1

what you have done is, you are not re-assigning the casted value to x and y. Refer the code below:

x=52
y =43
x=str(x)  # converting x from integer to string and then re-assigning x
y=str(y)  # converting y from integer to string and then re-assigning y
print(x + y)