Yes, you are correct, so if you wanted to store an integer in a variable using the input function you would do something like this num = int(input("Enter a number: "))or you could do this, the number will be stored as a string until you wish to use it print(int(num) + 5).

I appreciate the suggestion and I do have number input planned for the next lesson where I will be looking at operators and creating a very simple calculator program. This lesson was kind of the setup for that one so that I don't have to cover too much information in just one lesson.

Thanks for the feedback