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I have a simple question. I'm just wanting to know how I would have my program read the "input()" and see if there are integers or any kind of number in the string, and if so then print out a message saying so. Pretty much I just want to know how I would make sure that no one enters in a number for their name. Thanks!

yn = None while yn != "y": print("What is your name?") name = input() print("Oh, so your name is {0}? Cool!".format(name)) print("Now how old are you?") age = input() print("So your name is {0} and you're {1} years old?".format(name, age)) print("y/n?") yn = input() if yn == "y": break if yn == "n": print("Then here, try again!") print("Cool!")
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Use the str.isdigit() method on strings, together with the any() function:

if any(c.isdigit() for c in name): # there is a digit in the name

.isdigit() returns True for any string that consists only of digits. This includes any Unicode character that is marked as a numeric digit or numeric decimal.

any() loops over the sequence you pass in and returns True as soon as it finds the first element that is True, and False if all elements are False.

Demo:

>>> any(c.isdigit() for c in 'Martijn Pieters') False >>> any(c.isdigit() for c in 'The answer is 42') True
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Wouldn't I have to incorporate that along with a while statement? Such as "while name != True", etc?
@Xiam: No, you don't have to use a while statement. The for .. in .. statement inside of the any() function is called a generator expression, and stands on it's own.
Well I would like to add in a loop that makes it so the person can't continue through the program without entering in a valid name (I probably should of explained that). And that would include having a while loop, yes?
@Xiam: Sure, then you can use a while statement too. :-)
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see if there are integers or any kind of number in the string

any(c.isdigit() for c in name)

returns True for strings such as "123", "123.45", "abc123".

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Depending on the strings, regular expressions might actually be faster:

import re s1 = "This is me" s2 = "this is me 2" s3 = "3 this is me" regex = re.compile(r'\d') import timeit def has_int_any(s): return any(x.isdigit() for x in s) def has_int_regex(s,regex=re.compile(r'\d')): return regex.search(s) print bool(has_int_any(s1)) == bool(has_int_regex(s1)) print bool(has_int_any(s2)) == bool(has_int_regex(s2)) print bool(has_int_any(s3)) == bool(has_int_regex(s3)) for x in ('s1','s2','s3'): print x,"any",timeit.timeit('has_int_any(%s)'%x,'from __main__ import has_int_any,%s'%x) print x,"regex",timeit.timeit('has_int_regex(%s)'%x,'from __main__ import has_int_regex,%s'%x)

My results are:

True True True s1 any 1.98735809326 s1 regex 0.603290081024 s2 any 2.30554199219 s2 regex 0.774269104004 s3 any 0.958808898926 s3 regex 0.656207084656

(Note that the regular expression engine wins even in the case specifically designed for any to be fastest). however, with longer strings, I'm willing to bet that any will eventually be faster.

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