"Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > to check and make sure that an integer is entered and the program > not > crashing when a naughty user enters a character instead.
John F has already pointed you to the use of try/except for this, however... > 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, The easiest way is to compare to another type: x = 42 if type(x) == type(int()): or even if type(x) == type(2): Or you can use the types module: if type(x) == types.IntType But for your purposes the Python idiom of its 'better to ask forgiveness than permission' applies. -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
