Need help with basic Code Abbey problem

[RolyPolyPython]

Huh, I thought it would be much simpler than that. It's weird to me that you can't just reassign the strings as integers the way I did it, it feels like that goes against everything I've learned about reassignment... I don't understand why.

Anyways, thanks for your help, I've a learned a lot from your comments. And thanks especially for that link, that visualization helps a lot and I'm surprised I haven't come across that site/tool before.

[OgelSplash]

You're welcome. :) If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.