[Tutor] validation

[Alan Gauld]

"Michael" <python at mrfab.info> wrote

> to check and make sure that an integer is entered and the program 
> not
> crashing when a naughty user enters a character instead.

John F has already pointed you to the use of try/except for this,
however...

> trying to use the Type() function but I cannot work out how to check 
> the
> return value? Caomparing it to 'int' or 'str' isn't working,

The easiest way is to compare to another type:

x = 42
if type(x) == type(int()):

or even

if type(x) == type(2):

Or you can use the types module:

if type(x) == types.IntType

But for your purposes the Python idiom of its 'better to ask
forgiveness than permission' applies.


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Alan Gauld
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