How to check if variable is string with python 2 and 3 compatibility

Question

I\'m aware that I can use: isinstance(x, str) in python-3.x but I need to check if something is a string in python-2.x as well. Will isinstance(x, str)

Answer 1

If you're writing 2.x-and-3.x-compatible code, you'll probably want to use six:

from six import string_types
isinstance(s, string_types)