Python dictionary type() Method

Description

The 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)

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Variable Type : <type 'dict'>