[BangPypers] Basic of basic question

[jitendra gupta]

>>> x = input("Enter the nu\t")
Enter the nu 3
>>> type(x)
<type 'int'>
>>> x = input("Enter the STR\t")
Enter the STR "3"
>>> type(x)
<type 'str'>
>>>

Use input(), this will take care of your data type


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:

> Umesh Tiptur <umeshreloaded at yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am very new to programming in python. But I want to know is user
> > hass inputted a number or a string
> >
> > Please help with this HOW to..
>
> Python doesn't have anything like C's scanf that can read input into
> variables of fixed types.
>
> Anything that you read from the user (using raw_input[1]), will be
> returned as a string. So even if the user types 2 and hits enter, you
> will get back "2" (which is a string).
>
> To check whether this can be converted into a number, the usual way is
> to try to use it like a number and catch the exception which will be
> raised if the conversion fails. Here is a simple example.
>
> >>> x = "2"
> >>> try:
> ...   int(x)
> ... except ValueError:
> ...   print "Not a number"
> ...
> 2
>
>
> >>> x = "abcd"
> >>> try:
> ...   int(x)
> ... except ValueError:
> ...   print "Not a number"
> ...
> Not a number
>
>
> [...]
>
>
> Footnotes:
> [1]  http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#raw_input
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Noufal
> http://nibrahim.net.in
> _______________________________________________
> BangPypers mailing list
> BangPypers at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
>