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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Asad Habib wrote:

> Is there any way to check if an argument is an integer in Python?
> Offcourse, there is the int function but it chokes when passed an argument
> that is not a string and then the user is inconvenienced (it throws a
> ValueError to be specific). I guess I could check each digit of the
> integer to determine if its ASCII value falls within the appropriate range
> and if each digit passed this test, then the entire number would be an
> integer. Does anyone know of a simpler way that involves use of a
> predefined Python function? Likewise, does anyone know if a similar
> function exists to detect floating point numbers? Any help would be
> appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> - Asad
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