On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:20:27 +0000
Stephanie Morrow <svmor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have been posed with the following challenge:
>
> "Create a script that will ask for a number. Check if their input is a
> legitimate number. If it is, multiply it by 12 and print out the result."
>
> I was able to do this with the following code:
>
> input = raw_input("Insert a number: ")
> if input.isdigit():
> print int(input) * 12
> else:
> print False
>
> *However*, a colleague of mine pointed out that a decimal will return as
> False. As such, we have tried numerous methods to allow it to divide by a
> decimal, all of which have failed. Do you have any suggestions?
> Additionally, we are using 2.7, so that might change your answer.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
>
> -Stephanie
How about using a floating point type cast to convert the string to a number
within a try/except block? Maybe something like this:
try:
x = float(input("Enter a number: "))
print(x * 12)
except ValueError:
print("Not a valid number.")
A little enhancement might involve removing any spaces from the string so
something like '5.6 e -3' will also be valid input. Like this:
x = float(input("Enter a number: ").replace(' ',''))
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