[Tutor] Re: Question on Regular Expression Help

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> Don Arnold wrote:
> > >>> def isInt(aString):
> >  try:
> >   int(aString)
> >   return True
> >  except:
> >   return False
> 
> But note that int(3.14) => 3 ! Is that what you want? Is 3.14 an integer?
> 

Oops, I didn't notice it was Don who shifted the target from numbers 
to integers. In that case my earlier reasoning was wrong. However as 
he says it does work, just not for the reasons I gave!

Alan G.