Python dictionary type() Method



Description

Python dictionary method type() returns the type of the passed variable. If passed variable is dictionary then it would return a dictionary type.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for type() method −

type(dict)

Parameters

  • dict − This is the dictionary.

Return Value

This method returns the type of the passed variable.

Example

The following example shows the usage of type() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7};
print "Variable Type : %s" %  type (dict)

When we run above program, it produces following result −

Variable Type : <type 'dict'>
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