Identify the Type

Easy ⏱ 8 min 75% acceptance ★★★★★ 4.9

Write a function describe_type(value) that returns the name of the built-in type of value as a string (e.g. "int", "str", "list"). Use the built-in type() function rather than hardcoding checks.

Examples

Example 1

Input

describe_type(42)

Output

'int'

Explanation

42 is an integer literal.

Example 2

Input

describe_type([1, 2])

Output

'list'

Explanation

A square-bracket literal is a list.

Constraints

`value` can be any Python object.
Return the type name as a plain string, no angle brackets.

Topics

Variables & Data Typestype()

Companies

AmazonTCSInfosys

Hints

Hint 1

`type(value).__name__` gives the class name as a string.

Hint 2

Do not use isinstance chains — one line suffices.

Safe String to Integer →

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