Hm. print type( gca() ) print gca().__class__ print isinstance( gca(), matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots)
yields <class 'matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplot'> <class 'matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplot'> Traceback (most recent call last): File "./testfunctions.py", line 13, in <module> print isinstance( a, matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'AxesSubplots ?Nico On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Joshua J. Kugler <jos...@eeinternet.com> wrote: > On Monday 11 January 2010, Nico Schlömer elucidated thus: >> quick question from a Python noob: >> Suppose I have an instance of an object of matplotlib, Is there any >> way to check on its type, e.g., whether it is an instance of >> matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots? > > Python's built-in 'isintance.' > > isinstance(var, matplotlib.axes.AxesSubplots) > > j > > -- > Joshua Kugler > Part-Time System Admin/Programmer > http://www.eeinternet.com > PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0x14EA086E > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users