[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> it isn't really that i will want to change it to an integer anyway. the
> script uses a table to reference a value to a key, if the key is a
> group of letters, that code tells the script to do something. if the
> value is a number, it means an equipment failure. The thing is, all the
> values come out as strings (they are read from a text file).
> so what you put first with the try/except looks like my best answer.
>
> thanks,
> shawn
Shawn
Are you aware of the string method 'isdigit()' ?
vars = ["KEY_ONE", "KEY_2", "0", "1", "24", "00100"]
for var in vars:
if not var.isdigit():
print "OPTION: %s" % var
else:
print "EQUIPMENT FAILURE: %s" % var
OPTION: KEY_ONE
OPTION: KEY_2
EQUIPMENT FAILURE: 0
EQUIPMENT FAILURE: 1
EQUIPMENT FAILURE: 24
EQUIPMENT FAILURE: 00100
( 'isdigit' != 'is_a_digit' rather 'isdigit' ==
'is_a_string_of_digits' )
Gerard
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