isinstance method

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Mon Mar 15 18:28:53 EST 2004


niurka.perez at cimex.com.cu wrote:

> I need to find out dynamically if an object is instance of a Class but
> I don't
> know how to use this isinstance buit-in function. I have the object
> and the name
> of the class, what should I do?

You want the actual class, not its name:

	isinstance(instance, Class)

-- 
 __ Erik Max Francis && max at alcyone.com && http://www.alcyone.com/max/
/  \ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && &tSftDotIotE
\__/ The public is a fool.
    -- Alexander Pope



More information about the Python-list mailing list