PCEP Computer Programming and Python Fundamentals Practice Question

A developer writes a script that prompts the user for their age and stores it in a variable. Which code snippet correctly converts the input to an integer?

⚠ Common exam trap

Python Institute often tests the distinction between a function reference (e.g., `input` without parentheses) and a function call (e.g., `input()`), leading candidates to mistakenly think `int(input)` is valid syntax.

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age = int(input("Enter age: "))

It uses the `int()` function to convert the string returned by `input()` into an integer. The `input()` function always returns a string, so wrapping it with `int()` performs the type conversion needed for numeric operations.

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age = int(input)
Why it's wrong here
input is not called, just passed to int.
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age = int(input("Enter age: "))
Why this is correct
Correctly converts the input string to an integer.
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age = input("Enter age: ", int)
Why it's wrong here
input() does not accept a type as second argument.
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age = input(int("Enter age: "))
Why it's wrong here
int() is applied to the string, not to the input.

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