raw input and input

[Kid Programmer]

Hello. I was wondering if it was possible to have a input be both a raw_input and an input so that way errors are not causes if the following happened:

>>>number = input()
blah
Error Message

[jlm699]

As a rule you should only use raw_input. If you require a number than you are able to verify via string methods as in the following example.

def check_numeric(inp):
        if inp.isdigit():
            print "Thank you for entering %s" % inp
        else:
            print "Your input of %s is not a number :(" % inp
 
>>> usr_inp = raw_input("Enter a number: ")
Enter a number: 55
>>> check_numeric(usr_inp)
Thank you for entering 55
>>> usr_inp = raw_input("Enter a number: ")
Enter a number: blah
>>> check_numeric(usr_inp)
Your input of blah is not a number :(
>>>