Use isinstance
, nothing else:
if isinstance(x, pd.DataFrame):
... # do something
PEP8 says explicitly that isinstance
is the preferred way to check types
No: type(x) is pd.DataFrame
No: type(x) == pd.DataFrame
Yes: isinstance(x, pd.DataFrame)
And don't even think about
if obj.__class__.__name__ = 'DataFrame':
expect_problems_some_day()
isinstance
handles inheritance (see What are the differences between type() and isinstance()?). For example, it will tell you if a variable is a string (either str
or unicode
), because they derive from basestring
)
if isinstance(obj, basestring):
i_am_string(obj)
Specifically for pandas
DataFrame
objects:
import pandas as pd
isinstance(var, pd.DataFrame)
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