any idea how i could test if a variable is a floating point number?

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Gaz wrote:
> any idea how i could test if a variable is a floating point number?

1. Why do you need it at all? Just test if you can opertae it:

   try:
      x += 2.1
   except TypeError:
      print "Error!"

2. Well, if you still things you need to test:
   if type(x) == type(1.1): print "Yes, float"

Oleg.
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