[Tutor] Most pythonic input validation

[Emile van Sebille]

On 10/15/2009 7:36 AM Wayne Werner said...
> Is that the most pythonic way of validating? Is there a better way?

Pythonic in part having been addressed, I've some further comments to 
your valid_choice code... -- Emile


def valid_choice(choice, min, max):
# don't use min and max -- they shadow built in functions
# try least/most minimum/maximum minval/maxval etc...
     try:
         choice = int(choice)
         min = int(min)
         max = int(max)
     except ValueError:
         r = False
# the next line is indeterminant if the above fails
# as your min/max/choice variables may not be ints
# IIRC, the comparisons may even fail and raise errors
# in some versions of python
     if max < choice or min > choice:
         r = False
     else:
         r = True

     if not r:
         print "Choice is not valid, please try again"

     return r