How to compare type of an object in Python?
compare, python, types
Solution
isinstance()
In your case, `isinstance("this is a string", str)` will return `True`.
You may also want to read this: http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/isinstance/
Problem
Basically I want to do this: ``` obj = 'str' type ( obj ) == string ``` I tried: ``` type ( obj ) == type ( string ) ``` and it didn't work. Also, what about the other types? For example, I couldn't replicate `NoneType`.