So if in fact I wanted to make sure this was a number, I should have done something like either try and convert it to a number, which of course failed here, or put in a check to say where it is.

因此实际上如果我想确保,这是一个数字的话，我们的课程上的代码,在这里失败了，你或许应该在这里，放一个检查的东西。

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You want to use "make sure" to declare that you want something to declare that something needs to be done.

当你声称想要某东西，或表示某事必须做到的时候，可以使用“make sure”句型。

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