On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:11:08 -0800 (PST), alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how can I check if a variable is a structure (i.e. a list)? For my > special problem the variable is either a character string OR a list of > character strings line ['word1', 'word2',...] > > So how can I test if a variable 'a' is either a single character string > or a list? I tried: > > if a is list: > > but that does not work. I also looked in the tutorial and used google > to find an answer, but I did not. > > Has anyone an idea about that?
<http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/001349.html> -- Cheers, Simon B, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
