"Mike Mikkelsen" <mikk at microbsys.com> writes:
> consider:
> >>> a = {'item1': 'hello', 'item2':{'subitem1':'goodbye'}}
> Is there a way to tell if 'item2' is a dictionairy, list or simple
> value like 'item1'?
>>> type(a['item1']) == type({})
0
>>> type(a['item2']) == type({})
1
-Justin