[Zope] Python Function to Test for Integer Type

[Phil Harris]

Or use the zope function same_type:

if same_type(1,somevar):
    print '"it's an int'



Terry Hancock wrote:

>On Tuesday 15 June 2004 01:00 pm, Asad Habib wrote:
>  
>
>>Hello. Does anyone know of a python function that returns a value based on
>>whether or not its argument is an integer? Any help would be greatly
>>appreciated. Thanks.
>>    
>>
>
>Well, the usual way to check in Python is an idiom like:
>
>if type(spam)==type(1):
>    print "Yep, it's an integer."
>else:
>    print "Whoops. Not an integer."
>
>so it's not a function, but an expression.
>
>Unfortunately, Zope doesn't allow you to use "type()" in a Python
>script for mysterious security reasons.  So, it's either go to
>an external method, allow that import, or find out an alternate
>way to do it.
>
>*Converting* to an integer is done with int(), though.  And you
>could always ask:
>
>if int(spam)==spam:
>    print "Yep, it's an integer."
>
>Technically this would accept "1.0000" as well as "1", but it's
>unclear to me why you would care about the actual storage format
>versus the meaning.  It won't accept '1', though, which might
>matter if spam comes from a web form.
>
>Cheers,
>Terry
>
>--
>Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com )
>Anansi Spaceworks  http://www.anansispaceworks.com
>
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