[Tutor] question re type()

[Aditya Lal]

On 10/27/07, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>
> "Dick Moores" <rdm at rcblue.com> wrote
>
> > if type(n) == 'int' or type(n) == 'long':
> >   do something
>
> don't use strings
>
> if type(n) == int
>
> Or just use an instance of the same type:
>
> if type(n) == type(42)
>
> Alan G.
>
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or use types module
import types

if type(n) == types.IntType or type(n) == types.LongType :
    blah!

this comes handy especially for some unique conditions - like whether the
function passed is a generator or a normal function (well I kinda had this
problem ... :) )

ex.
if type(f) == types.GeneratorType or type(f) == types.lambdaType :
   same blah!

-- 
Aditya
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