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From: Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:58:20 +0000
Subject: Re: How can I verify if the content of a variable is a list or a string?
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On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Andres Soto <soto_andres@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm writing a function which receive a list which elements are strings or
> new lists (sublists) containing strings.
> How can I verify if sone element of the list (which is contained in a
> variable) is a list or a string?
> I found the method isinstance(object,class) but I don't know which class
> should I use for.
> Thank you, regards
>
> Prof. Dr.=A0Andr=E9s Soto
> DES DACI
> UNACAR

"list" and "str"

>>> my_list =3D [1, 2, 3]
>>> isinstance(my_list, list)
True
>>> my_string =3D "foobar"
>>> isinstance(my_string, str)
True