Comparing variable types

[Kill Bill]

Can you tell me where you found that method in the docs?  I'm having trouble
navigating them, the java docs are so much easier to look at.

"KefX" <keflimarcusx at aol.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
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> >type(i) == "<type 'float'>"
> >this always returns false.  How come?
> >type(i)returns <type 'float'> if i is a float so why isn't == working?
>
> Use isinstance(), like this:
> isinstance(i, float)
> This will return True if i is a float, False if not.
>
> - Kef