Very late to the party, but I just encountered a very similar problem and found
a solution:
```
import collections
obj = {"foo": "bar"}
isinstance(obj.values(), collections.abc.ValuesView) # => True
```
Hope that helps someone out there :)
On Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 9:09:23 AM UTC-8,
On 11/17/2016 9:57 AM, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
The code in question is part of an attempt to get the dimensions of
multi-dimensional lists, the `isinstance` is there in order to
exclude strings.
You can do the exclusion directly.
"""
def dim(seq):
dimension = []
while isinstance(seq,
* Peter Otten (Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:38:26 +0100)
>
> Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>
> > How can I test for type or instance of dictviews like dict_values?
>
> Why do you want to?
Thanks, for the `collections.abc.ValuesView` tip.
The code in question is part of an attempt to get the dimensions of
Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> How can I test for type or instance of dictviews like dict_values?
Why do you want to?
> `isinstance({}.values, dict_values)` gives
> `NameError: name 'dict_values' is not defined`
You can "fix" this with
>>> dict_values = type({}.values())
or, depending on the use
How can I test for type or instance of dictviews like dict_values?
`isinstance({}.values, dict_values)` gives
`NameError: name 'dict_values' is not defined`
"""
>>> type({}.values())
"""
Thorsten
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