On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Andres Soto <soto_and...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'm writing a function which receive a list which elements are strings or > new lists (sublists) containing strings. > How can I verify if sone element of the list (which is contained in a > variable) is a list or a string? > I found the method isinstance(object,class) but I don't know which class > should I use for. > Thank you, regards > > Prof. Dr. Andrés Soto > DES DACI > UNACAR
"list" and "str" >>> my_list = [1, 2, 3] >>> isinstance(my_list, list) True >>> my_string = "foobar" >>> isinstance(my_string, str) True -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list