PythonBuilt-intype

Returns the type of an object.

Syntax

type(object)

Example

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print
type
class
print(type(42))        # <class 'int'>
print(type(3.14))      # <class 'float'>
print(type("hello"))   # <class 'str'>
print(type([1, 2]))    # <class 'list'>