argument type

[Steven Bethard]

It's me wrote:
> "It's me" <itsme at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:EO6Ad.3296>
> 
>>I need to look up and see what:
>>
>>          if not isinstance(arg2, basestring):
>>
>>does.
> 
> Okay, I got the idea there.
> 
> Now, what if arg2 is not a string but either a number or a bunch of numbers?
> Using your method, can I say something to the effect of "if arg2 is *not* an
> instance of a simple number"?

The isinstance function takes either a single type, or a tuple of types, 
so you can do something like:

     if not isinstance(arg2, (int, long, float)):

or if you want to include strings as well:

     if not isinstance(arg2, (basestring, int, long, float)):


Steve