Python: How to give the user infinite attempts to provide the correct input type

Question

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to figure out how to give a user unlimited attempts to provide the right type of input. I'm new and not sure how to put all the pieces together, but this is what I've got so far:

try:
x = float(input("Give me a number: "))
if isinstance(x, float):
print("Thanks dude!")
except ValueError:
print("That's not a number.")
x = float(input("Please give me a number: "))
if isinstance(x, float):
print("Thank you!")
while x != float:
x = float(input("Pretty please give me a number: "))
else:
print("Thanks a lot!")

I'd really appreciate some suggestions on this. Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

while True:
try:
x = float(input("Give me a number: "))
print("Thank you!")
break
except ValueError:
print("That's not a number.")

Answer 2

Derrick however if try to run this on sololearn it would not works as espected, as sololearn code console is not interactive

Answer 3

@Anna That works great! Way simpler. I was overthinking it, and I see now that the while statement should have come first.
Thanks a lot!

Answer 4

Mind To Machine 💻🕆 thank you for that. Yes I'm using python and solo learn on my laptop for most all my learning.