The + and * operators are overloaded in Python, letting you concatenate (join together) and repeat string objects, respectively. Overloading is just using the same operator to do multiple things, based on the situation where it's used; you'll also see the term polymorphism. For example, the + symbol can mean addition when two numbers are involved or, as in this case, combining strings.
Concatenation combines two (or more) strings into a new string object, whereas repeat simply repeats a given string a given number of times.
The following screenshot demonstrates some of the Python operators that are overloaded. Line 21 shows string concatenation: the combining of multiple strings into a new, single string. In this case, ...
