How to fix TypeError: 'int' object is not subscriptable?

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#1

How to fix TypeError: ‘int’ object is not subscriptable

I was trying a simple piece of code, get someone’s name and age and let him/her know when they turn 21… not considering negatives and all that, just random.

I keep getting this ‘int’ object is not subscriptable error.

name1 = raw_input("What's your name? ")
age1 = raw_input ("how old are you? ")
x = 0
int([x[age1]])
twentyone = 21 - x
print "Hi, " + name1+ " you will be 21 in: " + twentyone + " years."
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[34], line 4
      2 age1 = input ("how old are you? ")
      3 x = 0
----> 4 int([x[age1]])
      5 twentyone = 21 - x
      6 print "Hi, " + name1+ " you will be 21 in: " + twentyone + " years."

TypeError: 'int' object is not subscriptable

Can anyone help me with the error.

#2

Hi Mehta,

The issue in your code is with the line int([x[age1]]). To correctly convert the input age to an integer, you should use x = int(age1) instead. Also, ensure to convert the integer twentyone to a string for the output. Here’s the corrected code:

name1 = raw_input("What's your name? ")
age1 = raw_input("How old are you? ")
x = 0
x = int(age1)
twentyone = 21 - x
print("Hi, " + name1 + " you will be 21 in: " + str(twentyone) + " years.")

This code will prompt the user for their name and age, calculate the years until they turn 21, and then display the result along with their name.

#3

You are right Richa!

Also, the error message ‘int’ object is not subscriptable means that you’re trying to treat an integer (int object) as if it were a list or a string, which you can access using an index or slice. In your code, the issue is with the line int([x[age1]]).

To fix this, you should remove the square brackets ([]) around x[age1], as you don’t need to subscript x (which is just an integer) at all. Instead, you should convert age1 to an integer using int() directly. Here’s the corrected code:

name1 = input("What’s your name? ") age1 = int(input("how old are you? ")) x = 0 twentyone = 21 - age1 print(“Hi, " + name1 + " you will be 21 in: " + str(twentyone) + " years.”)

This code will correctly calculate the number of years until the person turns 21 based on their current age and display the result.

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#4

The error you’re encountering, “TypeError: ‘int’ object is not subscriptable,” is because you’re trying to use indexing on an integer, which is not allowed in Python. Here’s a corrected version of your code:

name1 = input("What's your name? ")
age1 = int(input("How old are you? "))
twentyone = str(21 - age1)
print("Hi, " + name1 + " you will be 21 in: " + twentyone + " years.")

In this code, age1 is already an integer after conversion using int(input(...)), so you don’t need to convert it again. Also, I corrected the print statement to concatenate strings correctly.

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