Checking if type == list in python

Question

I may be having a brain fart here, but I really can\'t figure out what\'s wrong with my code:

for key in tmpDict:
    print type(tmpDict[key])
    time.sleep         


        

Answer 1

Although not as straightforward as isinstance(x, list) one could use as well:

this_is_a_list=[1,2,3]
if type(this_is_a_list) == type([]):
    print("This is a list!")

and I kind of like the simple cleverness of that