How to check if a variable's type is primitive?

Question

I don\'t know how to check if a variable is primitive. In Java it\'s like this:

if var.isPrimitive():

Answer 1

If it helps,

In [1]: type(1)
Out[1]: 

In [2]: type('a')
Out[2]: 

In [3]: (type(5.4)
Out[3]: 

In [5]: type(object)
Out[5]: 

In [8]: type(int)
Out[8]: