[Tutor] Re: Checking for int only

[Andrei]

K J wrote on Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:07:44 -0400:

> How do you test for something to make sure that it is an int and not anything else
> so that when you ask them to enter a number they can only enter a number and
> not any other character.

Use try-except:

while True:
    number = raw_input('Integer: ')
    try:
        number = int(number) # will fail if the input is non-numerical
        break # stop endless loop
    except: # int() failed -> not an integer
        print '  That was not an integer.'

Above is assuming that you mean 'integer' when you write 'number'. If you
mean to include floats, try float() instead of int().        

-- 
Yours,

Andrei

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