[Tutor] Testing a variable for being a number, string or other object...

[Justin Heath]

Marc Barry wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> My first question is how do I test if a variable is a number or a 
> string?  I need to to do this for error checking on values passed into 
> methods.
>
> The second question I have is does Python have a way of testing for 
> instances like Java does?  For example, the "instanceof" operator that 
> lets you determine if an instance is of a certain type?
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc
>
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Also checkout ClassFoo.__class__.__name__