def is_decimal(num): import re dnumre = re.compile(r"""^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]{1,2})?$""") result = dnumre.search(num) return bool(result) print(is_decimal('123.11')) print(is_decimal('123.1')) print(is_decimal('123')) print(is_decimal('0.21')) print(is_decimal('123.1214')) print(is_decimal('3.124587')) print(is_decimal('e666.86'))