[Tutor] Best way to convert a type into string

[Gonçalo Rodrigues]

> >>> type(1)
> <type 'int'>
> 
> What's the best way to get the string "int" from this? My goal is to 
> construct a string similar to:
> 'pysqlite_pragma expected_types = int,str,int,float'
> by applying type() to a series of values.
> 
> repr(type(1))[7:-2] does it; I was hoping for something simpler.
>

Here is the simplest:

>>> print type(1).__name__
int
 
> Bob Gailer
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>

With my best regards,
G. Rodrigues