Archive:Python/Operators: Difference between revisions

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 '''TypeError: can only concatenate tuple (not "str") to tuple'''
+====Multiplying ''Types''====
+Multiplying is very easy and straight forward.
+Type:
+>>>'''x = 'dog''''
+Now type:
+>>>'''x * 5'''
+''''dogdogdogdogdog''''
+Now with a tuple.
+Type:
+>>>'''x = ('dog',)'''
+Now Type:
+>>>'''x * 5'''
+'''('dog', 'dog', 'dog', 'dog', 'dog')'''
+Now with a dictionary.
+Type:
+>>>'''x = {'dog':1}'''
+Now Type:
+>>>'''x * 5'''
+'''Traceback (most recent call last):'''
+'''File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in ?'''
+'''x * 5'''
+'''TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for *: 'dict' and 'int''''
+You can't do it with dictionaries, that would make more than one of the same key, remember.
 ===Indexing===