But this changes with Python 3, right? On Aug 30, 7:15 am, Ken Starks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Sakkis wrote: > > On Aug 29, 12:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi, > > >> How to check if something is a list or a dictionary or just a string? > >> Eg: > > >> for item in self.__libVerDict.itervalues(): > >> self.cbAnalysisLibVersion(END, item) > > >> where __libVerDict is a dictionary that holds values as strings or > >> lists. So now, when I iterate this dictionary I want to check whether > >> the item is a list or just a string? > > > if isinstance(item,basestring): > > # it's a string > > ... > > else: # it should be a list > > # typically you don't have to check it explicitly; > > # even if it's not a list, it will raise an exception later anyway > > if you call a list-specific method > > > HTH, > > George > > For a bit more explanation see, for example, > > http://evanjones.ca/python-utf8.html > > (Quote) > Working With Unicode Strings > > Thankfully, everything in Python is supposed to treat Unicode strings > identically to byte strings. However, you need to be careful in your own > code when testing to see if an object is a string. Do not do this: > > if isinstance( s, str ): # BAD: Not true for Unicode strings! > > Instead, use the generic string base class, basestring: > > if isinstance( s, basestring ): # True for both Unicode and byte strings
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