Very long broken values not being recognized within If, in Python

Question

I wrote this code below that asks you a number between 0 and 180. It is completely protected against values outside of this set and against letters. I would like to know why, for example, when I write some broken number as, or longer than, 179.99999999999, it does not recognize.

while True:
    try:
        x = float(input('Digite um valor entre 0 e 180: '))
        if x <= 0 or x >= 180:
            print(' ')
            print('O número precisa estar entre 0 e 180.')
            continue
    except:
        print(' ')
        print('O valor precisa ser um número.')
        continue
    break

Answer 1

If, your intention is to implement a code that allows the insertion of only values numerical, of the kind float and are in the closed interval [0, 180] you should pay attention to your decision structure - if block. In this case, the correct way to implement the if block would be:

if (x < 0) or (x > 180):

Something else, when you want to capture something exception, specify which one you want to capture. Since it is not a good practice of programming in Python 3.x, no longer specify the type of exception you want. In this case, your line in which you specify an exception should also display the exception type. This way, the code line would be:

except ValueError:

Note that this type of exception returns the exception that was caused by value error. Which, it seems, is the one that most fits your case.

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Finally, the improved and more efficient code would be:

while True:
    try:
        x = float(input('Digite um valor entre "0" e "180": '))
        if (x < 0) or (x > 180):
            print('O número precisa estar entre "0" e "180"!')
        break
    except ValueError:
        print('O valor precisa ser um número real! ')

print(x)

Another thing, if you want to skip a blank line, in the display of your prints, just use "\n" before the phrases inside your prints.

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