Dumb python questions

[Gerson Kurz]

On 14 Aug 2001 22:59:05 -0700, Paul Rubin <phr-n2001 at nightsong.com>
wrote:


>2) Is there a way I can tell if a value is of an integer type?  That is,
>   I want to write a function is_int(x) so that
>     is_int(3) = 1    # 3 is an integer type
>     is_int(3L) = 1   # 3L is an integer type
>     is_int(3.0) = 0  # 3.0 is float type
>     is_int(3+2j) = 0 # 3+2j is complex type
>
some people already pointed out you can use type or isinstance; here
is a very nice function that works with your example (and shows of
python tricks):

is_int = lambda x: type(x) in [type(1),type(1L)]