[Tutor] Type Checking:

[Tim Johnson]

Hey Kalle:
On Sat, 03 Mar 2001, Kalle Svensson wrote:
> >%_Sez Tim Johnson:
> > Hello:
> > 	I need to be able to test the type of a variable:
> > Consider the following code:
> [snip]
> > How do I get this code to return 
> > "it's a string"
> 
> Howzabout
> >>> if type(str) == type(""):
> or
> >>> import types
> >>> if type(str) == types.StringType:
That duz it: 

and I must add:
dir(types) Displays all types:

Cool....
thnx
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Tim Johnson
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