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🚀 Python Tip You NEED to Know! 🐍 type() vs isinstance() — which one should you use? 🤔  📌 type() → Checks the exact type 📌 isinstance() → Checks type + subclasses  📌 Follow us for ❤ @nareshitech  #PythonTips #LearnPython #ProgrammingTips #PythonDeveloper

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00:00So what is the difference between type function and is instance function in Python?

00:04So type function in Python returns a type of object.

00:08Type function returns the name of the class to which that object belongs to.

00:13It returns a class name.

00:14If I am passing type of any object, it returns that object is of which class type.

00:20It returns a class name.

00:21But when it comes to the is instance, is instance function returns a boolean value that can be either true or false.

00:28It is to examine is it an object is belongs to a specific type.

00:33Is instance takes object name and class list.

00:36It is nothing but class information.

00:38Is it that object belongs to one type or more than one type?

00:42It is belongs to any one of the types given inside is instance list.

00:46It returns a true.

00:47Otherwise, it returns false.

00:49Is instance not only verifies the same class.

00:52It is also verifies is it this object is a subclass of that class.

00:56If it is even subclass of that class, it returns true.

01:00Otherwise, it returns false.

01:02So type is just return the type which is nothing but class name.

01:06But is instance returns a boolean value that can be either true or false.

01:12I hope you understood the difference between is instance and type function.

01:17Thanks for watching it.

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