Testing the data type of a value

Sun May 12 10:28:54 EDT 2019

On 12-5-2019 16:07, Piet van Oostrum wrote:
> Luuk <luuk at invalid.lan> writes:
>>> After thinking about this, (i am prettry new to python), i was doing this:
>>>>>>> print(type(5),type(int),type(5)==type(int),type(5)==int)
>> <class 'int'> <class 'type'> False True
>>>> Can someone explain why type(5)==int evaluates to True ?
>>>>>> print(int)
> <class 'int'>
>> The value of int is the class int, which is the class of 5, so type(5) is also that same class int.

Maybe i should have asked this:
What is the difference between 'type(5)==int'  and 'isinstance(5,int)'
and, if there is no difference why did someone invent 'isinstance()' ...
-- 
Luuk