<snip> > > def abc(arg1, arg2, arg3) > if isinstance(arg2,(list,tuple)): > for item in arg2: > abc(arg1, item)
Typo: abc(arg1, item, arg3) <snip> > and likewise, I can do: > > abc(1,["String 1","String 2"],5) > > Am I on the right track? > Let me reiterate that in this case, I know the first and last argument are numbers but I don't know if the second argument is one string, or a bunch of strings. Hence, I would think that I *do* need to use the "look before leap" (I like that term) type style. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list