get type of something python code example

Example 1: identify object python

print(type('string'))
# <class 'str'>

print(type('string') is str)
# True

Example 2: python get type of variable

>>> i = 123
>>> type(i)
<type 'int'>
>>> type(i) is int
True
>>> i = 123.456
>>> type(i)
<type 'float'>
>>> type(i) is float
True