print("EXAMPLES FOR: str(object) - returns the value of an object, also error handling commands")
# we start by assigning a name to a variable value that Python will assign as a floating point decimal
Num_test=23.6 + 10
print("The variable assigned: ", end='')
print(Num_test)  # will print "33.6" without haveing to convert it to a string since it is printed by itself
#you can not combine this floating point number with a string without telling Python explicitly that you want it converted to a string
#look at how the "str" function is used in the next line
print("\nOur test number is a numeric value that we convert to a string to print: " + str(Num_test))
print("But if you try to combine it with a string like 'My value is' + Num_test it causes an error which can be captured and handled easily with try, except, else.\n")
# try, except, else, and finally are error control commands for situations where errors are likely
try:
    print ("(1) Trying to use Num_test as a string without explicitly converting it.\n")
    print("(2) My  value is" + Num_test) #this will cause an error that we will handle with except
except:
    print ("Note line one printed fine but line 2 generates this error:\n "+"TypeError: Can't convert 'float' object to str implicitly")
    print("So the except code was executed.")
else:
    print("you won't get this far")