help, function to get variable type

[Eli Pollak]

if isinstance(var,str):
  print 'string'
elif isisnstance(var,int):
  print 'int'
elif isinstance(var,list):
  print 'list'
elif isinstance(var,someobject) # where someobject is a class that has been
defined
  print 'someobject'



----- Original Message -----
From: "iip" <iip at chead.org>
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 6:25 PM
Subject: help, function to get variable type


> Hi All,
>
> What is the function to check the varible type, for example, below is like
> in my clipper language:
>
> x = valtype(m)
>
> x will be "N", "C", "A", etc...
>
> thanks,
>
> -iip-
>
>
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