= 10
&gt;&gt;&gt; second = 15
&gt;&gt;&gt; print first+second
25
&gt;&gt;&gt; first = '100'
&gt;&gt;&gt; second = '150'
&gt;&gt;&gt; print first + second
100150
</font></pre><font color="black">The output of this program is <tt>throatwarbler</tt>.</font><br />
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<font color="black">Sometimes we would like to take the value for a variable from the user
via the