[issue42610] Get the type from a variable

[Filipe Laíns]

Filipe Laíns <lains at riseup.net> added the comment:

There is type() to get the runtime type.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#type

```python
>>> foo = 1
>>> type(foo)
<class 'int'>
```

Keep in mind that in Python using type hints does not enforce anything at runtime. You can say `foo: int = 1` but `int` there is just some extra information for type checkers, like mypy, to use.

If you want the type hints, you can use typing.get_type_hints() but this is only available for modules, classes or functions, not variables.

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nosy: +FFY00

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