How can I check if a string represents an int, without using try/except?

Question

Is there any way to tell whether a string represents an integer (e.g., \'3\', \'-17\' but not \'3.14\' or \'asf

Answer 1

>>> "+7".lstrip("-+").isdigit()
True
>>> "-7".lstrip("-+").isdigit()
True
>>> "7".lstrip("-+").isdigit()
True
>>> "13.4".lstrip("-+").isdigit()
False

So your function would be:

def is_int(val):
   return val.lstrip("-+").isdigit()