Numbers passed as command line arguments in python not interpreted as integers

Question

I am familiar with C, and have started experimenting in python. My question is regarding the sys.argv command. I\'ve read it is used for a command line interpre

Answer 1

In Python, strings are not implicitly converted to integers. Try

num1 = int(sys.argv[1])
This would represent the numerical value of the number, not its string representation.