check if var is dict

Astan Chee stanc at al.com.au
Mon Aug 13 06:01:30 EDT 2007


Hi,
I have a variable, I want to check if it is a dictionary or a string.
Is there any better way to do this than I've done. How I did it is by 
doing a .items() and catching a AttributeError that it raises if its not 
a dictionary.
How do i properly do it?
Thanks
Astan



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