is_iterable function.

[Jeff McNeil]

That's not going to hold true for generator functions or iterators
that are implemented on sequences without '__iter__.'   You might also
want to check for __getitem__.  I'm not sure if there's a way to tell
if a function is a generator without actually calling it.

-Jeff

On 7/25/07, danmcleran at yahoo.com <danmcleran at yahoo.com> wrote:
> You can use the built-in dir() function to determine whether or not
> the __iter__ method exists:
>
> class Iterable(object):
>     def __iter__(self):
>         pass
>
> class NotIterable(object):
>     pass
>
> def is_iterable(thing):
>     return '__iter__' in dir(thing)
>
> print 'list is iterable = ', is_iterable(list())
> print 'int is iterable = ', is_iterable(10)
> print 'float is iterable = ', is_iterable(1.2)
> print 'dict is iterable = ', is_iterable(dict())
> print 'Iterable is iterable = ', is_iterable(Iterable())
> print 'NotIterable is iterable = ', is_iterable(NotIterable())
>
> Results:
> list is iterable =  True
> int is iterable =  False
> float is iterable =  False
> dict is iterable =  True
> Iterable is iterable =  True
> NotIterable is iterable =  False
>
> On Jul 25, 12:24 pm, Neil Cerutti <horp... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > def is_iterable(obj):
> >     try:
> >         iter(obj)
> >         return True
> >     except TypeError:
> >         return False
> >
> > Is there a better way?
> >
> > --
> > Neil Cerutti
>
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