On Aug 29, 12:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How to check if something is a list or a dictionary or just a string?
> Eg:
>
> for item in self.__libVerDict.itervalues():
> self.cbAnalysisLibVersion(END, item)
>
> where __libVerDict is a dictionary that holds values as strings or
> lists. So now, when I iterate this dictionary I want to check whether
> the item is a list or just a string?
if isinstance(item,basestring):
# it's a string
...
else: # it should be a list
# typically you don't have to check it explicitly;
# even if it's not a list, it will raise an exception later anyway
if you call a list-specific method
HTH,
George
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