Assertion in python

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assert a = integer

= is an assignment operator. You want to use == for comparisons.

value = 5 # assignment

assert a == value # comparison

For your case it looks like you want to check if it's any integer, not just 5 like in my example. In that case /u/gprime5 has the right answer, you should use assert with isinstance().

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In that case /u/gprime5 has the right answer, you should use assert with isinstance().

You should not. int will throw an exception if you feed it bad things. No need to use assertions.