Django, Detecting if variable is a number

Question

In a function in Django, the user can send me a number or a string, and I want to know if I received a number or a String (Tip: The number will always be an integer between 1-6)

I want to know if it's possible to detect this and how (with an example), as the number or string I'm getting will tell me what to do next.

Answer 1

You can try to convert the string to a number using int(), catching the exception:

def isNum(data):
    try:
        int(data)
        return True
    except ValueError:
        return False

This returns True only if the string can be converted to an integer number.