<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Create a variable to store the given number as an integer.
num = "42"<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
num = "42"

num_int = int(num)
print(num_int) # Output: 42<|im_end|>
