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hi recently i started learning python by my self and i faced this problem :
how i can check the input if it int or a sting?
any help

Try this

answer = input("Enter something: ")
try:
    value = int(answer)
    print("it is an integer")
except ValueError:
    print("it is not an integer")

(Dec-13-2018, 06:27 PM)Gribouillis Wrote: [ -> ]Try this

answer = input("Enter something: ")
try:
    value = int(answer)
    print("it is an integer")
except ValueError:
    print("it is not an integer")

thank you a lot dude this was very helpful

I also use mostly try/except way proposed by @Gribouillis.

But look at the string methods isdecimal, isdigit, isnumeric.

answer = input("Enter something: ")
if answer.isnumeric():
    number = int(answer)
else:
    # do something else.