Python Documentation Function isinstance

Function defined in library builtins

isinstance(object, class)

Returns True if an object is an instance of a class (or one of its subclasses).

Parameters

objectobject to check

classclass to check against

Return

True if the object is an instance of the class (or one of its subclasses), False otherwise

Examples

Code

isinstance(42, int)

Result

True

Code

isinstance(42, str)

Result

False

Code

isinstance(red, Color)

Result

True

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