[Tutor] Getting the type of a variable

[Etrade Griffiths]

Thanks, guys - like so many things, easy when you know how!

Alun Griffiths


At 14:27 27/10/2006, you wrote:
>Use this:
>
>if type(a) == type(1):
>     print "a is int %d"
>elif type(a) == type(1.1):
>   .......
>
>HTH..
>Regards,
>Asrarahmed Kadri
>
>
>
>On 10/27/06, Etrade Griffiths 
><<mailto:etrade.griffiths at dsl.pipex.com>etrade.griffiths at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>Hi
>
>I want to check the type of a variable so that I know which format to use
>for printing eg
>
>def print_correct_format(a):
>
>        if type(a) == 'int':
>                print "a is an integer, value %i" % (a)
>        elif type(a) == 'float':
>                print "a is a float, value %f" % (a)
>        else:
>                print "a is unknown type"
>
>The comparison type(a) == 'int' etc does not work - I'm sure there's a
>simple way to fix this but can't see it at the moment - any suggestions?
>
>
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