On 27-Aug-07, at 2:20 PM, Michael wrote: > Hi > > I am fairly new to Python and I wish to validate input. Such as > wanting > to check and make sure that an integer is entered and the program not > crashing when a naughty user enters a character instead. I have been > trying to use the Type() function but I cannot work out how to > check the > return value? Caomparing it to 'int' or 'str' isn't working, or > should I > be using the isinstance property? I want to use raw_input and check > that > it is a number. Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Thanks > > Michael
http://docs.python.org/tut/node10.html Check section 8.3. 'Exception Handling'. You may use the example without any modifications. regards, shantanoo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
