How do i Multiply non-int by 'str'

[Morgz123]

Okay Well i'm kinda new here
First Post xD

Well i recently entered in an online programming contest and i has since finished the question i went extremly badly on was when they wanted a program that wanted to make a google whackblatt, I wouldn't be able to explain what it is but i know how i though i should do it.

It wanted me to make a program that asked for a string to repeat then how many times to repeat it. I think i have tried everything but they won't multiply

Here's the code i used:

resp=raw_input ("What is the string to repeat?" )
times=raw_input ("How many times?")
finished=resp*n ame
print finished

and the error message is:

What is the string to repeat?test
How many times?3

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Python25/Googlewhackblat ts2.py", line 3, in <module>
finished=resp*n ame
NameError: name 'name' is not defined


Thanks xD

PS I'm kinda new at programming so step by step instructions would be a help.

[Benny the Guard]

Two issues I see are:

1. The variable name does not exist, the variable you mean is times
2. raw_input returns a string, so you need to either cast it to an int with int (times) or just use the input method in place of raw_input. Should return an int.

Good luck on the problem, you seem to be close.

[Morgz123]

Two issues I see are:

1. The variable name does not exist, the variable you mean is times
2. raw_input returns a string, so you need to either cast it to an int with int (times) or just use the input method in place of raw_input. Should return an int.

Good luck on the problem, you seem to be close.

Firstly thanks i understand what you mean a little but only a litte.

Would you be able to redit my script so i may see what exactly you mean.

My problem is i'm to impatient to just read absolutely everything i need so therefore i'm learning as i go along which means i encounter problems like these.

Thanks

[bvdet]

Firstly thanks i understand what you mean a little but only a litte.

Would you be able to redit my script so i may see what exactly you mean.

My problem is i'm to impatient to just read absolutely everything i need so therefore i'm learning as i go along which means i encounter problems like these.

Thanks

resp=raw_input ("What is the string to repeat?" )
times=raw_input ("How many times?")
finished=resp*int(times)
print finished