def checkAgeEntry(txt): with open(txt, 'r') as f: content = f.readlines() for i in content: i = i.strip('\n') i = i.split(':') try: i[1] = int(i[1]) print('age entry is correct '+i[0]+' '+str(i[1])) except ValueError: print('age entry is not correct '+i[0]+' '+str(i[1])) checkAgeEntry('person.txt')