Why is Python adding input numbers as strings instead of integers? When I enter 2 and 3, the output is 23 instead of 5

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a = input("Enter first number: ")

b = input("Enter second number: ")

print(a + b)

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The '+' operator applied to two strings is string concatenation and not arithmetic addition. Cast each string to an integer: print((int(a) + int(b)).

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