Most times when you encounter errors while coding, you can discover the reason why the error is occurring and how you can fix it in the error message.

The Python error, “TypeError: can’t multiply sequence by non-int of type float” is no exception to that.

I have prepared this article to show you why this error occurs and how you can fix it. Read on.

Why the “TypeError: can’t multiply sequence by non-int of type float” Error Occurs To understand why you get the error “TypeError: can’t multiply sequence by non-int of type float”, let’s look at the keywords in the error: Typeerror, multiply, sequence, and type float.

Typeerror is an exception thrown when you put together inappropriate data types in an operation multiply in the error means you’re trying to perform a multiplication sequence is an ordered set in Python. It could be strings, lists, or tuples. type float means there’s a decimal number in the operation you’re trying to perform, for example, 2.4 or 5.40 So, if you’re getting this error, it means you’re multiplying any of those sequences (usually a string and a tuple) with a floating point number (decimal number).

Indeed, you can multiply a sequence with a number and Python will do the work properly: