greg wrote: > Paulo da Silva wrote: >> As a relatively inexperient >> in python, how could I know that a 'string' is an instance of >> basestring? > > isinstance(x, basestring) > > This works because basestring is defined as the > tuple (str, unicode) and isinstance accepts a > tuple of types as well as just a single type. > The idea is right, but the detail is completely wrong.
basestring is a *type*. >>> basestring <type 'basestring'> It's the base class of which both str and unicode are subclasses. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Recent Ramblings http://holdenweb.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
