Leandro Ardissone wrote: > 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..
type() doesn't return a string, it returns a type object. You should try this: if isinstance(artistList, list): ... Cheers, -- Roberto Bonvallet -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list