How to check which type of data stored in a variable in python?

Question

I am very new to Python.Is there any method through which i can find out which type of value is stored in a particular variable?

In below code how to find out type of stored value in a variable?

counter = 100          
miles   = 1000.0       
name    = "John"     
name    =10


print counter
print miles
print name

use `Type` function. You can check it here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/402504/how-to-determine-a-python-variables-type — iways, Nov 14 '17 at 06:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '17 at 06:52

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>>> type('1')
<class 'str'>
>>> type(1)
<class 'int'>
>>> type(1.000)
<class 'float'>
>>> type({1:2})
<class 'dict'>
>>> type([1,2,3])
<class 'list'>

answered Nov 14 '17 at 06:52

Abhijeetk431

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '17 at 07:06

Quite simply, use type command built into python.

For example, you could check the type of this variable:

>>> name = 'John'
>>> print(type(name))
<class 'str'>

Use this method wherever you want on a variable, and you don't necessarily have to print it. You could use it to do different things with different variables based on what type it is, for example.

Hoped this helped :)

How to check which type of data stored in a variable in python?

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