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How can I get the class of an object instance?

What are some functions to help me use classes in Python?

Feb 29th, 2000 20:51
Nathan Wallace, Fredrik Lundh, John Lehmann

These two functions might help you to play with classes:

  isinstance (object, class) 
  issubclass (class1, class2) 

There is also a __class__ attribute

  someObject.__class__

for more info, see:

  http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/types.html
  http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/specialattrs.html