Mega Code Archive
Checking the Type
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#!/usr/bin/env python
def displayNumType(num):
print num, 'is',
if isinstance(num, (int, long, float, complex)):
print 'a number of type:', type(num).__name__
else:
print 'not a number at all!!'
displayNumType(-69)
displayNumType(9999999999999999999999L)
displayNumType(98.6)
displayNumType(-5.2+1.9j)
displayNumType('xxx')
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