Type Identification

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jonathan Donald wrote:
> I'm brand new to Python, and I'm having difficulty testing for
> the class of an object.
/.../
> ...why does the following expression not return false?
>     if type(fNode) == type(aDirectoryRecord):

print type(fNode) and type(aDirectoryRecord),
and you'll discover that they're both "instance"
objects.

the function you're looking for is called "isinstance":
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-124

also see:
http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#4.47

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