Error handling using integers as input
Ive set up this program that checks the mark out of 100 for a test. If the user inputs less than 60 it should say fail if more than 59, pass.
mark = int(input("Please enter the exam mark out of 100 "))
if mark < 60:
print("\nFail")
elif mark < 101:
print("\nPass")
else:
print("\nThe mark is out of range")
how do i get the program not to have errors if the user does not input the Integer.
Please help, is there a quick solution that 14 year olds would understand?
Save the input in a variable and convert to an integer separately:
import sys
i = input("Please enter the exam mark out of 100 ")
try:
mark = int(i)
except ValueError:
print('\nYou did not enter a valid integer')
sys.exit(0)
if mark < 60:
print("\nFail")
elif mark < 101:
print("\nPass")
else:
print("\nThe mark is out of range")
If it fails (i.e., you get a ValueError
) then print a message and exit. You can explain (to a 14-year old) that int()
needs a valid integer as input and it will raise a ValueError
otherwise. That makes sense because only strings that contain an integer can be converted by int()
.
try:
mark = int(input("Please enter the exam mark out of 100 "))
except ValueError:
print("\nPlease only use integers")