Ivan Illarionov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Dec 8, 9:02 pm, simonh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Thanks for the many replies. Thanks especially to Pierre. This works
>> perfectly:
>
> <snip>
>
>> def getAge():
>> while True:
>> try:
>> age = int(input('Please enter your age: '))
>> return age
>>
>> except ValueError:
>> print('That was not a valid number. Please try again.')
>
> You could also drop the while loop and the 'age' variable:
>
> def getAge():
> try:
> return int(input('Please enter your age: '))
> except ValueError:
> print('That was not a valid number. Please try again.')
> return getAge()
That's not necessarily good advice as Python does not optimize
tail-calls.
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