In Python, you usually want to check if a given object behaves like a string or a list, not necessarily if it’s exactly a string. So instead of checking for string and all its custom …

Aug 3, 2014 · In Python, you can use the built-in isinstance() function to check if an object is of a given type, or if it inherits from a given type. To check if the object o is of type str, you would …

Jan 30, 2011 · Is there a way to check if the type of a variable in python is a string, like: isinstance(x,int); for integer values?

2396 There are two built-in functions that help you identify the type of an object. You can use type() if you need the exact type of an object, and isinstance() to check an object’s type …

In my application code I never need to know the type of something, but it's still useful to have a way to learn an object's type. Sometimes I need to get the actual class to validate a unit test.

I have a variable and I need to know if it is a datetime object. So far I have been using the following hack in the function to detect datetime object: if 'datetime.datetime' in str (type …

Mar 5, 2014 · I'm using Python 3.2.3 and I know I could use type() to get the type of the data but in Python all user inputs are taken as strings and I don't know how to determine whether the …

Aug 17, 2010 · Hmm. I wonder about the BUT part! isn't proper and clear data checking on method input (e.g. start, before beginning to do anyting with a variable) good practice in …

So if direct comparing of types is not a good idea - lets try built-in python function for this purpose, namely - isinstance(). It fails just in the beginning, because assumes that we have some …

Feb 27, 2018 · Basically, I need to check the type of data of which a variable is storing before replacing the data stored in the variable with the new data. For example, how to check if the …