Python has an in-built function isdigit() which returns true if all characters in a string are digit (between 0-9)
>>> string='9764135408' >>> string.isdigit() True >>> string='091-9764135408' >>> string.isdigit() False
You can also use regex expression to check if string contains digits only.
>>> import re >>> bool(re.match('^[0-9]+$','9764135408')) True >>> bool(re.match('^[0-9]+$','091-9764135408')) False