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Python

Posted by Alex Malanych
Alex Malanych
2,346 Points

Coercing integer from string literal

In the line where it asks for age, is there a way for the interpreter to coerce a string literal to an integer. For example, if the user typed "six" instead of "6" as their answer?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,266 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,266 Points

Translation from words is not a built-in feature of Python, but there are some 3rd-party libraries you can get for doing it.

Also, be aware that doing this will be language-specific ("six" vs "seis" vs "sechs" vs "sei" vs "anim" .. etc.)