check String is
def isStringLike(anobj):
try: anobj + ''
except: return False
else: return True
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Jeff McNeil a écrit :
(top-post corrected)
> On 8/13/07, Astan Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have a variable, I want to check if it is a dictionary or a string.
>> Is there any better way to do this than I've done. How I did it is by
>> doing a .items() and catching a AttributeError t
Astan Chee wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a variable, I want to check if it is a dictionary or a string.
> Is there any better way to do this than I've done. How I did it is by
> doing a .items() and catching a AttributeError that it raises if its not
> a dictionary.
> How do i properly do it?
>
The wa
You could use 'isinstance' to determine whether or not your object is
an instance of a particular class.
>>> isinstance({}, dict)
True
>>> isinstance("", basestring)
True
>>>
Note the use of 'basestring', which will catch unicode as well.
-Jeff
On 8/13/07, Astan Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Astan Chee a écrit :
> Hi,
> I have a variable, I want to check if it is a dictionary or a string.
> Is there any better way to do this than I've done. How I did it is by
> doing a .items() and catching a AttributeError that it raises if its not
> a dictionary.
> How do i properly do it?
Checkin
Astan Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a variable, I want to check if it is a dictionary or a string.
> Is there any better way to do this than I've done. How I did it is by
> doing a .items() and catching a AttributeError that it raises if its not
> a dictionary.
> How do i properly do it?
