The Solution, Converting the player guess into an int?

Question

I assumed that this bit of code would convert the player guess without causing an exception. However, when testing the game the player cannot enter a number with a decimal even if it is a whole number e.g 3.0 for 3

try:
    player_num = int(guess)
  except:
    print("That's not a whole number!")
    break

so if my guess was 5.5 it would've converted it to 5.
For example if this was typed in the shell?

a = 5.5
int(a)

Justin Iezzi · Answer

You'll want to use a float in that case, because the definition of integer is a value without a decimal or fractional value.
Try
python
a = 5.5
float(a)

More information about this function here (https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float).

Hanley Chan · Answer

This should work:
```python
  try:
    player_num = int(float(guess))
  except:
    print("That's not a whole number!")
    break
```

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