[Tutor] Getting the type of a variable

[Asrarahmed Kadri]

Use this:

if type(a) == type(1):
    print "a is int %d"
elif type(a) == type(1.1):
  .......

HTH..
Regards,
Asrarahmed Kadri



On 10/27/06, Etrade Griffiths <etrade.griffiths at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I want to check the type of a variable so that I know which format to use
> for printing eg
>
> def print_correct_format(a):
>
>        if type(a) == 'int':
>                print "a is an integer, value %i" % (a)
>        elif type(a) == 'float':
>                print "a is a float, value %f" % (a)
>        else:
>                print "a is unknown type"
>
> The comparison type(a) == 'int' etc does not work - I'm sure there's a
> simple way to fix this but can't see it at the moment - any suggestions?
>
>
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