Stef Mientki wrote: > hello, > > Is there some handy/ nice manner to view the properties of some variable ? > As a newbie, I often want to see want all the properties of a var, > and also some corner values (large arrays) etc. > > Probably it's not so difficult, > but I don't see how to distinguish for example between a string and an > array. An array has a shape, a string not etc. > > > thanks, > Stef Mientki
I am also a newbie so if this is not what you want I can't give much more as of yet. You can use type() to check what a Variable is. Usage: #-------------Python Code----------------------------- >>> aVar = ["zero", 1, float(2)] >>> type(aVar) <type 'list'> >>> type(aVar[0]) <type 'str'> >>> type(aVar[1]) <type 'int'> >>> type(aVar[2]) <type 'float'> >>> if type(aVar[1]) == int: print "test" test #-----------------End Code------------------------------- There are also function like len(). Usage: #-------------Python Code----------------------------- >>> len(aVar) 3 >>> len(aVar[0]) 4 #-----------------End Code------------------------------- Hope this helps. Adam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list