>>>> It depends on the language I’m using, in Objective C, I’d use isNumeric, >>>> just wanted to know what the equivalent is in Python. >>>> >>>> If you know the answer why don’t you just tell me and if you don’t, don’t >>>> post! >>> >>> People ask home work questions here and we try to teach a student with >>> hints not finished answers. >>> Your post was confused with a home work question. >> >> In the future, to make it look less like a homework question, show >> your current code, which would provide context. Last I checked, >> homework questions don't usually involve ID3 tags in MP3 files :)
Ah, so that's where I've seen it before! (thanks for scratching my head @Chris - but watch-out for splinters!) Yes, the problem has been used as a training exercise, eg same song but in different albums/play-lists, different capitalisation, and such-like; ie 'data cleaning' and harmonisation - good for use at the intersection of Python and SQL (or NoSQL). Knowing the background, and thus the particular need, would have saved a lot of time - giving the answer as code (per one of the contributions) would have taken considerably less effort than looking-up and citing the docs. Perhaps then, the 'learning-opportunity' is that when such questions pop into one's mind, 'the docs' is *the* recommended first-call? > The original question in this thread didn't say anything about MP3 > files. Jumping to that conclusion from strings like '05 Trinket' was > left as an exercise for the interested reader. :-) This reader's interest was to figure-out why "trinket" didn't refer to some small decoration or 'bling', nor to a Python training tool (https://trinket.io/), but to a music group/video series. (even more-surprising: that this grey-beard recognised one of their tracks). On the other side of the relationship, writers are expected to follow the PSF Code of Conduct (https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/), eg respect, acknowledgement, grace... Such also encourages (positive) responses when asking future questions... Now that you (@Dave) have revealed yourself as more than a raw-beginner, and to have skills transferable to the Python world, it'll be great to see you 'here', contributing to others' posts... -- Regards, =dn -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
