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Re: How can I verify if the content of a variable is a list or a string?

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From	Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com>
Date	2012-02-01 00:58 +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. Andrés Soto
> DES DACI
> UNACAR

"list" and "str"

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

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Re: How can I verify if the content of a variable is a list or a string? Noah Hall <enalicho@gmail.com> - 2012-02-01 00:58 +0000

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