Why does Python not perform type conversion when concatenating strings?

by

The problem is that the conversion is ambiguous, because + means both string concatenation and numeric addition. The following question would be equally valid:

Why does the Python interpreter not automatically try using the int() function when it encounters addition of these types?

This is exactly the loose-typing problem that unfortunately afflicts Javascript.

More Related Contents:

  1. Convert a Unicode string to a string in Python (containing extra symbols)
  2. Checking if a string can be converted to float in Python
  3. Convert columns to string in Pandas
  4. Converting a string that represents a list, into an actual list object
  5. Convert string into Date type on Python [duplicate]
  6. How to format a floating number to fixed width in Python
  7. Replacing instances of a character in a string
  8. Count number of occurrences of a substring in a string
  9. How to check if the string is empty?
  10. Finding all possible permutations of a given string in python
  11. Converting from a string to boolean in Python?
  12. How do I check if there are duplicates in a flat list?
  13. Splitting a string into words and punctuation
  14. Suppress the u’prefix indicating unicode’ in python strings
  15. byte string vs. unicode string. Python
  16. How can I check if a string contains ANY letters from the alphabet?
  17. Variable interpolation in Python [duplicate]
  18. Check presence of vowels in a string
  19. Does R have function startswith or endswith like python? [closed]
  20. Remove Sub String by using Python
  21. How to split a Python string on new line characters [duplicate]
  22. How to Print “Pretty” String Output in Python
  23. What is internal representation of string in Python 3.x
  24. Extract string from between quotations
  25. What does backward-slash b do in Python?
  26. HTML to IMAGE using Python
  27. How to join two string with a new line between them?
  28. Sort strings by the first N characters
  29. Why do I get “TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting” trying to check for an even/odd number?
  30. How to pad a string to a fixed length with spaces [duplicate]

Leave a Comment