The input function returns the string value. So you need to convert it to number before the math you do.
birth_year = input("What year are you born? ") current_year = 2019 print(type(birth_year)) age = current_year - int(birth_year) print(age) ————— python3 age.py What year are you born? 1989 <class 'str'> 30 Thanks, Arup Rakshit a...@zeit.io > On 02-May-2019, at 2:50 PM, felixen...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: > > birth_year = input("What year are you born? ") > current_year = 2019 > age = current_year - birth_year > print(age) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list