multiplying

[little_angelx]

Hi I have searched for the answer and couldn't find anything - I hope it's okay to ask. It's a really simple question (it doesn't bode well that I am stuck already!)

I am trying to write a really simple program to print out times tables. I actually got the code from a book too. However it seems to have gone a little crazy. Here is my code:

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tablenum=input("Which times tables would you like to display?")

for i in range(1,13):
       print (i, "x", tablenum, "=", tablenum*i)

This is what it prints out:

Which times tables would you like to display? 5
1 x 5 = 5
2 x 5 = 55
3 x 5 = 555
4 x 5 = 5555
.
.
.
and so on, right down to printing out 12 fives in a row.

What have I done???

Thanks for your help - sorry I am so thick!

[Laurens-wuyts]

You'll need to make the "tablenum" variable to an integer. Now it's a string. Add int() around your input like this:

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tablenum=int(input("Which times tables would you like to display?"))

for i in range(1,13):
       print (i, "x", tablenum, "=", tablenum*i)

Laurens

[PeterO]

Hint: Your tablenum variable is a string not a number....

"Hello" * 3 = "HelloHelloHello"

PeterO