Testing for a list

[Rene Pijlman]

Antun Karlovac:
>If I have 'a', I need to know whether it is a list or a string.

type(a) will tell you:

 >>> a = ['spam']
 >>> b = 'eggs'
 >>> type(a)
 <type 'list'>
 >>> type(b)
 <type 'str'>

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René Pijlman