Concatenate a String and an Integer in Python

Concatenate a String and an Integer in Python #

To concatenate a string and an integer:

1. Use the str() class to convert the integer to a string.
2. Use the addition (+) operator to concatenate the two strings.
3. The result will be the concatenation of the two values.

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my_str = 'The number is: '

my_int = 100

result = my_str + str(my_int)
print(result)  # 👉 The number is: 100

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print(f'{my_str}{my_int}')  # 👉️ The number is: 100

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print('{}{}'.format(my_str, my_int))  # 👉️ The number is: 100

The str class takes an object as an argument and returns the str version of the object.

We used the str class to convert the integer to a string because we cannot use the addition operator with an integer and a string.

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my_str = 'The number is: '

my_int = 100

# ⛔️ TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "int") to str
result = my_str + my_int

An alternative approach is to use a formatted string literal.

Use a formatted string literal to concatenate a string and an integer, e.g. f'{my_str}{my_int}'. By prefixing the string with f we are able to include expressions and evaluate variables by wrapping them in curly braces.

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my_str = 'The number is: '

my_int = 100

result = f'{my_str}{my_int}'
print(result)  # 👉️ The number is: 100

When using formatted string literals, we don't have to explicitly convert the integer to a string. The conversion is done for us automatically.

Formatted string literals (f-strings) let us include expressions inside of a string by prefixing the string with f.

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my_int = 33

result = f'The winner is #{my_int}'

print(result)  # 👉️ The winner is #33

Make sure to wrap expressions in curly braces - {expression}.

You can also use the str.format() method to concatenate a string and an integer.

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my_str = 'The number is: '

my_int = 100

result = '{}{}'.format(my_str, my_int)  # 👉️ The number is: 100

print(result)  # 👉️ 'The number is: 100'

The str.format method performs string formatting operations.

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my_int = 30

result = "He is {} years old".format(my_int)

print(result)  # 👉️ 'He is 30 years old'

The string the method is called on can contain replacement fields specified using curly braces {}.