how to decide type of a variable in python?

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Answer 1

In Python 3, input() always returns a string. (In Python 2, input() would try to interpret – well, evaluate, actually – things, which was not a good idea in hindsight. That's why it was changed.)

If you want to (try to) make it an int, you'll need int(input(...)).