How can I limit the user input to only integers in Python

Question

I\'m trying to make a multiple choice survey that allows the user to pick from options 1-x. How can I make it so that if the user enters any characters besides numbers, retu

Answer 1

The best way would be to use a helper function which can accept a variable type along with the message to take input.

def _input(message,in_type=str):
    while True:
      try:
        return in_type (input(message))
    except:pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    _input("Only accepting integer : ",int)
    _input("Only accepting float : ",float)
    _input("Accepting anything as string : ")

So when you want an integer , you can pass it that i only want integer, just in case you can accept floating number you pass the float as a parameter. It will make your code really slim so if you have to take input 10 times , you don't want to write try catch blocks ten times.