> > How can I check if a variable is an integer?
>
> Luke and John have answered your question, but we should also
> ask, why
> do you want to do that? Explicit type testing is a code
> smell, perhaps
> there is a better way to do what you want.
>
> Kent
>
Kent,
Can you explain further? Refactoring is in my queue of books to read. In
a web app I'm writing, I'm checking the input kind of like this...
try:
form_value = int(form.getvalue('num_widgets')
except ValueError:
display_error("Number of Widgets must be a number")
Mike
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