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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

function validate(val) 
   try:  
       cast val as numeric
   except:
      print "Oops, not a number"
      cast val as general  ## date or whatever 
end

validate(12.5)     ## returns 12.5
validate("12.5")   ## returns 12.5
validate("12 . 5") ## returns a date maybe

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Oh my god what cursed Python, Lua, and SQL offshoot is this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It's my own grammar, "Luanatic"