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Hello.I build an app(with tkinter) and I want to check if entry is number.
I use isinstance() ,but when I type 2 ,I receive False.Also, I don't want to use isdigit(),because I want to give negative and positive numbers as input and negative numbers with isdigit is a wrong choice.
How can i fix my problem?
Thanks.

Here I have test:

What I have tried:

Python
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.geometry("1800x1100")

latitude_entry = Entry(root , width = 12)
latitude_entry.place(x = 26 , y = 55 , height = 30)

def check(latitude_entry):
    print(isinstance(latitude_entry.get() , (int)))

bu = Button(root , width = 20,text="press",command=lambda:check(latitude_entry))
bu.place(x = 500 , y = 500)

root.mainloop()
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Updated 17-Mar-21 23:11pm

1 solution

The latitude_entry control is a text box, so when you call isinstance on the content, it returns false because the text "2" is not an integer, it is a string of characters.
You need to try to convert it to an integer, and handle the exception raised when it is not a valid number; something like:
Python
lat = latitude_entry.get()
try:
    x = int(lat)
except ValueError:
    print(lat, "is not a number") // take other action here

You need to add some messaging code inside the except block.
 
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Nick_is_asking 18-Mar-21 6:03am    
Thank you!!!
Richard MacCutchan 18-Mar-21 6:50am    
You're welcome. Take a look at Built-in Functions — Python 3.9.2 documentation[^] to see all the others.

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