How can I check if a string represents an int, without using try/except?

Question

Is there any way to tell whether a string represents an integer (e.g., \'3\', \'-17\' but not \'3.14\' or \'asf

Answer 1

I think

s.startswith('-') and s[1:].isdigit()

would be better to rewrite to:

s.replace('-', '').isdigit()

because s[1:] also creates a new string

But much better solution is

s.lstrip('+-').isdigit()