> The solution is to use raw_input() which returns the user input as a string.
> Then you can do whatever validation you wish, e.g.
> menuChoice = int(raw_input("1 = write | 2 = view | 0 = quit"))
> which will raise an exception if the input is not a valid integer.
yes that did it, thanks
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Mike Hoy wrote:
> hi
>
> my goal is to handle the problem of a user typing a letter or symbol
> rather than a number I found something called try: and ValueError:
>
> Anyway this is what i attempted:
>
> #menuloop
> menuChoice = 7
> printMenu()
> while menuChoice != 0:
> try:
>
hi
my goal is to handle the problem of a user typing a letter or symbol
rather than a number I found something called try: and ValueError:
Anyway this is what i attempted:
#menuloop
menuChoice = 7
printMenu()
while menuChoice != 0:
try:
menuChoice = int("1 = write | 2 = v
