>>> x = input("Enter the nu\t")
Enter the nu 3
>>> type(x)
<type 'int'>
>>> x = input("Enter the STR\t")
Enter the STR "3"
>>> type(x)
<type 'str'>
>>>Use input(), this will take care of your data type On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@nibrahim.net.in>wrote: > Umesh Tiptur <umeshreloa...@yahoo.com> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I am very new to programming in python. But I want to know is user > > hass inputted a number or a string > > > > Please help with this HOW to.. > > Python doesn't have anything like C's scanf that can read input into > variables of fixed types. > > Anything that you read from the user (using raw_input[1]), will be > returned as a string. So even if the user types 2 and hits enter, you > will get back "2" (which is a string). > > To check whether this can be converted into a number, the usual way is > to try to use it like a number and catch the exception which will be > raised if the conversion fails. Here is a simple example. > > >>> x = "2" > >>> try: > ... int(x) > ... except ValueError: > ... print "Not a number" > ... > 2 > > > >>> x = "abcd" > >>> try: > ... int(x) > ... except ValueError: > ... print "Not a number" > ... > Not a number > > > [...] > > > Footnotes: > [1] http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#raw_input > > -- > Cordially, > Noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
