Python Check only outputting a string

num = input("Enter Something:")
    print(type(num))

for some reason when running this code, or any alternative version even without text (string), it still outputs a string.

<class 'str'>

is there any way to check for all types like expected? e.g str and int

>Solution :

The problem is that input() returns a string, so the datatype of num will always be a string. If you want to look at that string and determine whether it’s a string, int, or float, you can try converting the string to those datatypes explicitly and check for errors.

Here’s an example of one such check:

def check_user_input(input):
try:
    # Convert it into integer
    val = int(input)
    print("Input is an integer number. Number = ", val)
except ValueError:
    try:
        # Convert it into float
        val = float(input)
        print("Input is a float  number. Number = ", val)
    except ValueError:
        print("No.. input is not a number. It's a string")

I got this example here where there’s a more thorough explanation: https://pynative.com/python-check-user-input-is-number-or-string/

Here is a solution based on that for your problem specifically:

def convert_input(input):
    try:
        # Convert it into integer
        val = int(input)
        return val
    except ValueError:
        try:
            # Convert it into float
            val = float(input)
            return val
        except ValueError:
            return input

num = input("Enter Something:")
num = convert_input(num)
print(type(num))