How to check whether a dictionary contains integer or string in python?

Question

I am new to python, I have a problem with string I have a dictionary like this {'roads': '20', 'rails': 'three'} . I would like to find whether the values of the dictionary is an int or str . How do I do it?

input:
dict = {'roads': '20' , 'rails': 'three'}
Expected output:
dict = {'roads': 'int' , 'rails': 'object'}

Answer 1

You can use string.isdigit() to check is something is number

dictionary = {'roads': '20' , 'rails': 'three'}

output = {k: 'int' if v.isdigit() else 'object' for k,v in dictionary.items()}

{'roads': 'int', 'rails': 'object'}