I'm working on a small command-line utility and I need to be able to determine the data type of the user's input. Specifically, I want to check if the input is an integer, a floating-point number, a boolean (True or False), or a simple string. The challenge I'm facing is that the input() function in Python always returns a string, which means I have to manually attempt to convert the value to see if it fits another type. This process has led to some messy try-except blocks and I'm concerned about robustness and efficiency, especially for handling edge cases. Can use modules and without modules to check it is correct are wrong. Continue reading...
