Those worked for me...thanks again!!! On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Spencer Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have a script that is taking a directory list, the script then splits > the > > name up by the hyphens in the name. The first part of the name should be > a > > number, but it isn't always a number. Is there a way to say: if its a > > number then post this data....if not discard? > > Tthe isdigit() method of a string provides a simple test. It will > return true if each character is a digit. > if first_part.isdigit(): > # post data > > If you want to allow things like '-300' or '1.234' then you can try to > convert to an int or float. Failure will raise a ValueError. > try: > float(first_part) > # post data > except ValueError: > pass > > Kent > -- Spencer Parker
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