title: Want to multiply, not repeat variable
body: <p>I want to input a command-line variable and then multiply it, but when I print the variable it repeats by the number I want to multiply it by.</p>
  
  <p>eg:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python3
  import sys
  st_run_time_1 = sys.argv[1]*60
  
  print ("Station 1 : %s" % st_run_time_1)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I run the script I get the following:
      python3 test.py 2</p>
  
  <pre><code>Station 1 : 222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
  </code></pre>