1st Python Challenge

Question

This one is giving me trouble. I created the variable but the math part is giving me trouble. I don't know where to begin.
name = "Edwin"
print("Hello")
print(name)
print("Let's do some math!")
print(5 + "a")
print("Thanks for playing along!")
```errors.py
name = "Edwin"
print("Hello")
print(name)
print("Let's do some math!")
print(5 + "a")
print("Thanks for playing along!")
```

rakan omar · Answer

adding integer and string is not compatible. 
 python
print(str(5) + "a")

this will turn integer 5 into string '5'

Jennifer Nordell · Answer

Hi there!  It seems to me that you're doing fairly well so far.  But keep in mind that while some languages can add an integer and a string together, Python is not among them.
So you have this line:
```python
print(5 + "a")
```
And here you have two options.  You can either change both to be a string, or both to be a number.
```python
print(5 + 2)
``` 
would work as well as:
```python
print("z" + "a")
```
Hope this helps! :sparkles:

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