Fix Python – How to check if string input is a number?

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Asked By – Trufa

How do I check if a user’s string input is a number (e.g. -1, 0, 1, etc.)?

user_input = input("Enter something:")

if type(user_input) == int:
    print("Is a number")
else:
    print("Not a number")

The above won’t work since input always returns a string.

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Simply try converting it to an int and then bailing out if it doesn’t work.

try:
    val = int(userInput)
except ValueError:
    print("That's not an int!")

See Handling Exceptions in the official tutorial.

This question is answered By – Daniel DiPaolo

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