How to return something without quotation marks when using format()

Question

In my code, I use format() to return the value of converted minuets.

def convert(minutes):
    return'{seconds}'.format(seconds = minutes*60)

Every time I use format to return a function it returns it with quotation marks ' '.

Input:

convert(10)

Output:

'600'

How do I use format to return the function without the quotation marks?

Do you mean you want the returned value to be a number rather than a string? — Orius, Feb 17 '22 at 12:20
Yes, I want it to be returned as number without the quotation marks — UnknownDrilla, Feb 17 '22 at 12:25
The quotation marks only indicate it's a string, they're not part of the actual value. What do you want to do with that value? — Orius, Feb 17 '22 at 12:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '22 at 12:20

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This is because you are seeing the output directly from the console, and the variable is a string so python adds the quotation marks to let you know.

To remove them:

print(convert(10))

answered Feb 17 '22 at 12:20

Santiago Ivulich

Thank you this kind of helped. But it's only for when I enter the number out of the console – UnknownDrilla Feb 17 '22 at 20:56

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