Trying to accept only text as input

Question

Trying to accept only text as input in my program, this is a snippet where I'm having trouble.

def askStr(th):
try:
   a = str(input(th))
except ValueError:
    raise ValueError("You may only enter a string (letters.)")
if "1" or "2" or "3" or "4" or "5" or "6" or "7" or "8" or "9" in a:
    raise TypeError("No. Only enter letters.")
return a

When I enter a number, it raises the error as expected. BUT, when I enter anything else, only letters, it still gives me the error. No idea what to do here.

Ardein_ · Answer 1 · 2019-03-13T13:12:47.643

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Try this

def askStr(th):
   a = str(input(th))
   for c in a:
       if c in string.digits:
           raise TypeError("No. Only enter letters.")
   return a

edited Mar 13 '19 at 13:12

answered Mar 13 '19 at 13:10

Ardein_

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ASCII letters aren't the only kind of letter, though. – Aran-Fey Mar 13 '19 at 13:11
Thanks so much! Worked perfectly once I imported string, lmaoo – Mar 13 '19 at 13:30

Trying to accept only text as input

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