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Python 'type' object to string.
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type_as_string.py
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5008828/convert-a-python-type-object-to-a-string
type_variety_list : list = [
10,
'x',
lambda x: x,
set(),
dict(),
[]
]
types_of_elems_as_strings : list = [type(element).__name__ for element in type_variety_list]
print(types_of_elems_as_strings)
>>> ['int', 'str', 'function', 'set', 'dict', 'list']
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