Python (2.x) multiplication is not happening properly

Question

Here is the code ...

a=4
b=8.0
if a and a >0:
    a=a*int(b)
    print \"Value:\",a 

The desired o/p should be 32. i am also getting the sam

Answer 1

'a' must be a string in your code:

>>> a = 4
>>> b = 8
>>> a * b
32
>>> a = "4"
>>> a * b
'44444444'
>>> int(a) * b
32