do you guys help newbies??

[Wojtek Walczak]

Dnia Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:56:32 GMT, Robin Munn napisał(a):
>     while 1:
>         try:
>             a = int(raw_input('Enter your number: '))
>         except ValueError:
>             print "That wasn't a number."
>         else:
>             break
> 
> This is almost exactly like the code you posted, except that the
> isdigit() test was completely unnecessary. Let int() catch your errors
> for you -- that's what exceptions are for.
You're right. Great code. Not switching from "C mode" to thinking in python 
sometimes produces dozens of unnecessary lines of code ;)

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