How can I tell when a string is in fact a number?

[Dale Strickland-Clark]

Thomas Gagne <tgagne at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Wouldn't it make better sense to return a boolean?  Is it possible to modify
>the String class to include a method, isNumber, that returns true or false?

1 and 0 are Python's boolean values.

>>> 1==1
1
>>> 1==0
0
>>> not 1
0
>>> not 0
1
>>> 
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Dale Strickland-Clark
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