Test for structure

[Simon Brunning]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:11:08 -0800 (PST), alex
<alexander.dietz at mpi-hd.mpg.de> wrote:
> how can I check if a variable is a structure (i.e. a list)? For my
> special problem the variable is either a character string OR a list of
> character strings line ['word1', 'word2',...]
> 
> So how can I test if a variable 'a' is either a single character string
> or a list? I tried:
> 
> if a is list:
> 
> but that does not work. I also looked in the tutorial and used google
> to find an answer, but I did not.
> 
> Has anyone an idea about that?

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