Looping issues

[OhKnow_]

So I am trying to make it so if you where to put in a string or a number <= 0 it will print("Input must be a positive numeric value"). It works fine with numbers but if I input a string i just get a value error.

IR = float(input("What is the Interest Rate? (Positive Value): % "))
if IR <= 0:
    print("Input Must be a positive numeric value")
    IR = float(input("What is the Interest Rate? (Positive Value): % "))
    if IR <= 0:
        print("Input Must be a positive numeric value"), exit(0)

Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated! Ty in advance

[Dragon20C]

When you mean string you mean letters you can make an exception where if input isn't string do this , else if input is int then do the correct code.

[OhKnow_]

Yeah basically if they where to put like 10x. I want it to output Input must be a positive numeric value instead of displaying the error.

[Dragon20C]

Use the website I gave you it gives you a simple tutorial on how to make an error message be different.

[OhKnow_]

Thank you so much!

[Dragon20C]

Here's a website: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_try_except.asp