[Tutor] Doing the Right Thing when converting strings to numbers

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On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 05:39:10PM +0100, Michael Williams wrote:
| On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 04:40:15PM +0100, ibraheem umaru-mohammed wrote:
| > [Michael Williams wrote...]
| > -| Hi,
| > -|=20
| > -| I'd like to convert a string to either a float or an integer
| > -| ``intelligently", i.e.:
=2E..
| I think you've misunderstood as I wasn't clear enough. I want to use the
| *same* function to do the conversion to both float and int.
=2E..

def clever_coerce( s ) :
    if s.find( '.' ) !=3D -1 :
        return float( s )
    else :
        return int( s )
=20

--=20

But As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
        Joshua 24:15
=20
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