Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to check if an object is a sequence,
or an iterable. Something like issequence() or isiterable().
Does something like that exist? (Something which, in case of iterable,
doesn't consume the first element of the iterable)
Regards,
--Tim
7  53011 
Tim N. van der Leeuw a écrit :
Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to check if an object is a sequence,
or an iterable. Something like issequence() or isiterable().
Does something like that exist? (Something which, in case of iterable,
doesn't consume the first element of the iterable)
isiterable = lambda obj: isinstance(obj, basestring) \
or getattr(obj, '__iter__', False)
Should cover most cases.
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
Tim N. van der Leeuw a écrit :
Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to check if an object is a sequence,
or an iterable. Something like issequence() or isiterable().
Does something like that exist? (Something which, in case of iterable,
doesn't consume the first element of the iterable)
isiterable = lambda obj: isinstance(obj, basestring) \
or getattr(obj, '__iter__', False)
Should cover most cases.
Yes, that seems to cover all cases I can think of, indeed. Funny
though, that string objects do not have an '__iter__' method, but are
still iterable... But it will make most of my use-cases easier: Often I
want to iterate over something, if it's an iterable, except when it's a
string.
Thanks,
--Tim
"Tim N. van der Leeuw" <ti************ *@nl.unisys.com wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ h48g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to check if an object is a sequence,
or an iterable. Something like issequence() or isiterable().
How about
try: it = iter(possible_i terable)
except TypeError: bail()
Terry Jan Reedy
In <44************ ***********@new s.free.fr>, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
Tim N. van der Leeuw a écrit :
>Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to check if an object is a sequence,
or an iterable. Something like issequence() or isiterable().
Does something like that exist? (Something which, in case of iterable,
doesn't consume the first element of the iterable)
isiterable = lambda obj: isinstance(obj, basestring) \
or getattr(obj, '__iter__', False)
Should cover most cases.
What about objects that just implement an apropriate `__getitem__()`
method?
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch a écrit :
In <44************ ***********@new s.free.fr>, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
>>Tim N. van der Leeuw a écrit :
>>>Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to check if an object is a sequence,
or an iterable. Something like issequence() or isiterable().
Does something like that exist? (Something which, in case of iterable,
doesn't consume the first element of the iterable)
isiterable = lambda obj: isinstance(obj, basestring) \
or getattr(obj, '__iter__', False)
Should cover most cases.
What about objects that just implement an apropriate `__getitem__()`
method?
Hmmm... (quick test)
Good point.
FWIW, Terry's solution might be far better.
Tim,
An object is iterable if it implements the iterator protocol. A good
enough check to see if it does is to check for the presense of the
__iter__() method. The way to do it is:
hasattr(object, '__iter__')
You are correct in the fact that you check if an object is iterable
rather than using isinstance to check if it is of a partucular type.
You are doing things 'the pythonic way' ;)
Nick Vatamaniuc
Tim N. van der Leeuw wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to check if an object is a sequence,
or an iterable. Something like issequence() or isiterable().
Does something like that exist? (Something which, in case of iterable,
doesn't consume the first element of the iterable)
Regards,
--Tim
"Nick Vatamaniuc" <va******@gmail .comwrote in message
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Tim,
An object is iterable if it implements the iterator protocol
There are presently two iterator protocols. The old one will be likely be
dropped in 3.0 (currently being discussed).
>. A good
enough check to see if it does is to check for the presense of the
__iter__() method. The way to do it is:
hasattr(object, '__iter__')
Sorry, this check for the newer and nicer protocol but not the older one.
>>hasattr('abc' , '__iter__')
False
This may change in 2.6. The defacto *version-independent* way to determine
iterability is to call iter(ob). If it returns an iterator, you can
iterate; if it raises TypeError, you cannot. Any it should be patched as
necessary by the developers to continue doing the right thing in future
versions.
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