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

[Gaute B Strokkenes]

Paul Prescod <paulp at ActiveState.com> writes:

> On 5 Nov 2000, Gaute B Strokkenes wrote:
> >
> > def isanum(str):
> > 
> > As the comment says, I'm sure there must be a more straightforward way
> > to do this.  However, I can't find out how, though I'm sure that it is
> > really my relative unfamiliarity with Python that is to blame.
> 
> There may be a more elegant way to do it, but:
> 
> def isanum(num):
>     try:
>         int(num)
>         return 1
>     except ValueError:
>         return 0

Thanks.  I must admit that expected there to be a simple function to
do this, though...

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