The isinstance() function returns True if the given object is of the specified type, otherwise it returns False.
Example
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
a = 12
print(isinstance(a,int))
print(isinstance(a,str))
print(isinstance(a,float))
Output:
True
False
False
Syntax
isinstance(object, type)
Parameters
| Name | Description |
| object | An object. |
| type | A type or a class, or a tuple of types and/or classes. |
Return Value
It returns True or False.