How to tell the difference between string and list

[Michael Hudson]

Jan Kokoska <kokoska.jan at globe.cz> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I need to recognize 'var' and ['var'], usually I would use:
> 
> if a.__class__() == '':
> 	#string
> elif a.__class__() == []:
> 	#list

That's a very strange way of doing it in any situation!

Cheers,
mwh

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