To summarize the contents of other (already good!) answers, isinstance caters for inheritance (an instance of a derived class is an instance of a base class, too), while checking for equality of …

Nov 9, 2022 · isinstance(var, (classinfo1, classinfo2, classinfo3)) In other words, isinstance() already offers this functionality, out of the box. From the isinstance() documentation: If …

Jan 28, 2013 · @exbluesbreaker What about isinstance(obj, object) or some other suitable class high up in our hierarchy? As others have ponted our, everything in Python is an instance of …

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Jun 26, 2012 · if type(var) is type(1): ... As expected, pep8 complains about this recommending usage of isinstance(). Now, the problem is that the numbers module was added in Python 2.6 …

I'm just going through some python help documents and came across the following piece of code : isinstance (object, type) Can anyone explain what does type mean in the above statement? …

May 30, 2017 · But the answer to "How to check if a variable is a dictionary in python" is "Use type () or isinstance ()" which then leads to a new question, which is what is the difference between …

Additional information You can also check for multiple types in one isinstance() statement as mentioned in the documentation. Just write the types as a tuple.

How would I use a negative form of Python's isinstance()? Normally negation would work something like x != 1 if x not in y if not a I just haven't seen an example with isinstance(), so I'd …

isinstance handles inheritance (see What are the differences between type () and isinstance ()?). For example, it will tell you if a variable is a string (either str or unicode), because they derive …