check on numerical value?

[Steve Holden]

"Shagshag13" <shagshag13 at yahoo.fr> wrote in message
news:adnqh7$ri6f$1 at ID-146704.news.dfncis.de...
> can't you use (after importing types) type(x) == types.FloatType (or
type.IntType)
>

That wouldn't be helpful, since raw_input() always returns a string. The OP
wants to know whether that string is a valid representation of a number.

regards
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