Leandro Ardissone wrote: > 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..
You shouldn't enclose "list" inside quotes. This is the correct way: if type(artistList) == list: do something... or as someone suggested: if isinstance(l, list): do something... hope this helps. Luis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list