[Tutor] Help with checking for a data type

[Spencer Parker]

Those worked for me...thanks again!!!

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Kent Johnson <kent37 at tds.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Spencer Parker <inthefridge at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have a script that is taking a directory list, the script then splits
> the
> > name up by the hyphens in the name.  The first part of the name should be
> a
> > number, but it isn't always a number.  Is there a way to say: if its a
> > number then post this data....if not discard?
>
> Tthe isdigit() method of a string provides a simple test. It will
> return true if each character is a digit.
> if first_part.isdigit():
>  # post data
>
> If you want to allow things like '-300' or '1.234' then you can try to
> convert to an int or float. Failure will raise a ValueError.
> try:
>  float(first_part)
>  # post data
> except ValueError:
>  pass
>
> Kent
>



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Spencer Parker
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