great, thanks And how I can compare this "<type 'str'>" output ? I want to decide what to do if the var is an string and what to do if not..
Tried with: if type(artistList) == "<type 'list'>": and if type(artistList) == "list": but nothing.. On Nov 29, 12:41 pm, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-11-29, Leandro Ardissone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I want to know what type is a variable. For example, I get the > > contents of an xml but some content is a list or a string, and > > I need to know what type it is. > >>> x = 'asdf' > >>> type(x) > <type 'str'> > >>> i = 0 > >>> type(i) > <type 'int'>-- > Grant Edwards grante Yow! I Know A Joke!! > at > visi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
