# Input Defaults to a \_\_\_\_

So if we ask a user to enter a number - the comptuer store that value as a STRING - and we cannot do math with Strings.

So how can we tell the computer that we want the value to be an integer?

* [ ] Prompt User to Enter a Numeric Value
* [ ] Cast that value to an int
* [ ] then use that number in math

```
number = input("Enter a Number Greater than 0: ")
print(number + number)

number = int(number)
print(number = number)
```

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