simple python question, will probs only take u 2 secs

[George Mason]

how do i say any number in python

e.g. 

A = input("what is A")

if A == "any number":

print("...")

thank you

[Ben Nuttall]

In that case, A is going to be a string, so you'll need to convert it to an integer. If, when converting it, you get an error, you know it's not a number. Python has a neat way of dealing with this:

What do you want to do with the number? Perhaps you can use that to determine whether it's a number. For example if you want to add 1 to it:

A = input("What is A?")

try:

    A = int(A)

except ValueError:

    print("A is not a number")

else:

    print(a+1)

Ben

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[Ben Nuttall]

int or float - as appropriate

Ben