Detecting float or int in a string

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May-23-2022, 08:44 PM (This post was last modified: May-23-2022, 08:47 PM by Gribouillis.)

(May-23-2022, 08:39 PM)Clunk_Head Wrote: I was taught not to depend on try except in the regular program flow, and that it should only be used in the case of real exceptions, like catching runtime errors.

I disagree completely with this philosophy. Exceptions must be raised and sometimes (often) caught in regular Python program flow. Their role goes far beyond signaling errors.

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Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-23-2022, 08:39 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Gribouillis - May-23-2022, 08:44 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-23-2022, 08:49 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by bowlofred - May-23-2022, 09:01 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-23-2022, 09:12 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Gribouillis - May-23-2022, 09:30 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-23-2022, 09:43 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Gribouillis - May-23-2022, 09:45 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by bowlofred - May-23-2022, 09:49 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-23-2022, 10:02 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Gribouillis - May-23-2022, 10:08 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-23-2022, 10:09 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-23-2022, 10:12 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by perfringo - May-24-2022, 04:57 AM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Clunk_Head - May-25-2022, 04:01 PM

RE: Detecting float or int in a string - by Pedroski55 - May-26-2022, 11:39 PM

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