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 type …

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 classinfo is neither a …

May 6, 2019 · isinstance(some_object, 'foobar') and it would check if some_object is an instance of f, o, b, a or r. This wouldn't work obviously, so isinstance would need to check if the second argument is …

The built-in functions isinstance and issubclass ask two different questions. isinstance (object, classinfo) asks whether an object is an instance of a class (or a tuple of classes). issubclass (class, classinfo) …

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 and I need to …

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 from …

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 type () and …

Jun 9, 2016 · I suggest passing a tuple of types to python isinstance() built-in function. And regarding to your question about np.issubtype() it doesn't match any kind of signed ints, it determine if a class is a …

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.

I've got a 2D array of different blocks, all inheriting from Block. I want to check if the block that I clicked on is a Dirt type block, like this: clickedblock = getClickedBlock() if isinstance(