Type testing¶
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isa
(*types)¶ Returns function checking if it’s argument is of any of given
types
.Split labels from ids:
labels, ids = split_by(isa(str), values)
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is_mapping
(value)¶ -
is_set
(value)¶ -
is_list
(value)¶ -
is_tuple
(value)¶ -
is_seq
(value)¶ -
is_iter
(value)¶ These functions check if value is
Mapping
,Set
,list
,tuple
,Sequence
or iterator respectively.
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is_seqcoll
(value)¶ Checks if
value
is a list or a tuple, which are both sequences and collections.
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is_seqcont
(value)¶ Checks if
value
is a list, a tuple or an iterator, which are sequential containers. It can be used to distinguish between value and multiple values in dual-interface functions:def add_to_selection(view, region): if is_seqcont(region): # A sequence of regions view.sel().add_all(region) else: view.sel().add(region)
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iterable
(value)¶ Tests if
value
is iterable.