Testing if Python string variable holds number (int,float) or non-numeric str?

Question

If a Python string variable has had either an integer, floating point number or a non-numeric string placed in it, is there a way to easily test the \"type\" of that value?<

Answer 1

Here is a short hand to do it without ast import

    try:
        if len(str(int(decdata))) == len(decdata): return 'int'
    except Exception:
        return 'not int'

Of course 's' is the string you want to evaluate