Python: Check whether an object is instance of class or not

‘isinstance(object, classinfo)’ method is used to check whether an object is instance of given class or not. Return true if the object argument is an instance of the classinfo argument, or of a subclass thereof, else false.

data={1:"hari", 2:"Krishna"}

class Employee:
    def __init__(self, id, firstName, lastName):
     self.id = id
     self.firstName = firstName
     self.lastName = lastName

emp=Employee(1, "Hari", "Krishna")

print(isinstance(emp, Employee))
print(isinstance(emp, dict))
print(isinstance(data, dict))

Run above program, you will get following output.

True

False

True

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