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Question: In some programming languages, like C#, Python etc. We can't directly take int/float as input from user. Instead, we take string from user as input, and typecast that input into integer or float. Why can't we directly take int/float as input from user?
Asked by error at 0x123456789 (223.190.14.x) on December 29 2022, 2:26pm
Reply on December 29 2022, 5:04pm:
    I suppose that's a decision made by the developers of the language! I mean, in theory you could take raw bytes from the user and interpret them as IEEE-754 floating point, too? I guess the default mode of inputting anything is a string, and then converting that using the cast (which implies parsing the bytes as a floating point string...) makes a certain amount of sense?

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  • Posted by Abhi (182.68.132.x) on December 31 2022, 5:24pm:
    But AFAIK, we can directly take int as input in C & C++. Correct me if I am wrong?

  • Posted by Abhi (182.68.132.x) on December 31 2022, 5:24pm:
    But AFAIK, we can directly take int as input in C & C++. Correct me if I am wrong?

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