仅对于非负（无符号）整数，请使用isdigit（）：

>>> a = "03523"
>>> a.isdigit()
True
>>> b = "963spam"
>>> b.isdigit()
False

isdigit（）文档：Python2，Python3

对于Python 2 Unicode字符串：isnumeric（）。

一个快速而简单的选项是检查数据类型：

def is_number(value):
    return type(value) in [int, float]

或者，如果要测试字符串的值是否为数字：

def isNumber (value):
    return True if type(value) in [int, float] else str(value).replace('.','',1).isdigit()

测验：

>>> isNumber(1)
True

>>> isNumber(1/3)
True

>>> isNumber(1.3)
True

>>> isNumber('1.3')
True

>>> isNumber('s1.3')
False

用户助手功能：

def if_ok(fn, string):
  try:
    return fn(string)
  except Exception as e:
    return None

然后

if_ok(int, my_str) or if_ok(float, my_str) or if_ok(complex, my_str)
is_number = lambda s: any([if_ok(fn, s) for fn in (int, float, complex)])

很抱歉，Zombie发布了一篇帖子-只是想让代码更加完整。。。

# is_number() function - Uses re = regex library
# Should handle all normal and complex numbers
# Does not accept trailing spaces. 
# Note: accepts both engineering "j" and math "i" but only the imaginary part "+bi" of a complex number a+bi
# Also accepts inf or NaN
# Thanks to the earlier responders for most the regex fu

import re

ISNUM_REGEXP = re.compile(r'^[-+]?([0-9]+|[0-9]*\.[0-9]+)([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?[ij]?$')

def is_number(str):
#change order if you have a lot of NaN or inf to parse
    if ISNUM_REGEXP.match(str) or str == "NaN" or str == "inf": 
        return True 
    else:
        return False
# A couple test numbers
# +42.42e-42j
# -42.42E+42i

print('Is it a number?', is_number(input('Gimme any number: ')))

给我任何号码：+42.42e-42j

是数字吗？真的

RyanN建议

若要为NaN和Inf返回False，请将行更改为x=float；返回（x==x）和（x-1！=x）。对于除Inf和NaN之外的所有浮点值，这都应返回True

但这并不完全有效，因为对于足够大的浮点数，x-1==x返回true。例如，2.0**54-1==2.0**54

我想看看哪种方法最快。总的来说，check_replace函数给出了最佳和最一致的结果。check_exception函数给出了最快的结果，但前提是没有触发异常——这意味着它的代码是最有效的，但抛出异常的开销非常大。

请注意，检查成功的强制转换是唯一准确的方法，例如，这与check_exception一起工作，但其他两个测试函数将为有效的float返回False：

huge_number = float('1e+100')

以下是基准代码：

import time, re, random, string

ITERATIONS = 10000000

class Timer:    
    def __enter__(self):
        self.start = time.clock()
        return self
    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.end = time.clock()
        self.interval = self.end - self.start

def check_regexp(x):
    return re.compile("^\d*\.?\d*$").match(x) is not None

def check_replace(x):
    return x.replace('.','',1).isdigit()

def check_exception(s):
    try:
        float(s)
        return True
    except ValueError:
        return False

to_check = [check_regexp, check_replace, check_exception]

print('preparing data...')
good_numbers = [
    str(random.random() / random.random()) 
    for x in range(ITERATIONS)]

bad_numbers = ['.' + x for x in good_numbers]

strings = [
    ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits) for _ in range(random.randint(1,10)))
    for x in range(ITERATIONS)]

print('running test...')
for func in to_check:
    with Timer() as t:
        for x in good_numbers:
            res = func(x)
    print('%s with good floats: %s' % (func.__name__, t.interval))
    with Timer() as t:
        for x in bad_numbers:
            res = func(x)
    print('%s with bad floats: %s' % (func.__name__, t.interval))
    with Timer() as t:
        for x in strings:
            res = func(x)
    print('%s with strings: %s' % (func.__name__, t.interval))

以下是2017年MacBook Pro 13上Python 2.7.10的结果：

check_regexp with good floats: 12.688639
check_regexp with bad floats: 11.624862
check_regexp with strings: 11.349414
check_replace with good floats: 4.419841
check_replace with bad floats: 4.294909
check_replace with strings: 4.086358
check_exception with good floats: 3.276668
check_exception with bad floats: 13.843092
check_exception with strings: 15.786169

以下是2017年MacBook Pro 13上Python 3.6.5的结果：

check_regexp with good floats: 13.472906000000009
check_regexp with bad floats: 12.977665000000016
check_regexp with strings: 12.417542999999995
check_replace with good floats: 6.011045999999993
check_replace with bad floats: 4.849356
check_replace with strings: 4.282754000000011
check_exception with good floats: 6.039081999999979
check_exception with bad floats: 9.322753000000006
check_exception with strings: 9.952595000000002

以下是2017年MacBook Pro 13上PyPy 2.7.13的结果：

check_regexp with good floats: 2.693217
check_regexp with bad floats: 2.744819
check_regexp with strings: 2.532414
check_replace with good floats: 0.604367
check_replace with bad floats: 0.538169
check_replace with strings: 0.598664
check_exception with good floats: 1.944103
check_exception with bad floats: 2.449182
check_exception with strings: 2.200056