def _type()

in rlkit/core/tabulate.py [0:0]

• 16 lines of code
• 10 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def _type(string, has_invisible=True):
    """The least generic type (type(None), int, float, str, unicode).

    >>> _type(None) is type(None)
    True
    >>> _type("foo") is type("")
    True
    >>> _type("1") is type(1)
    True
    >>> _type('\x1b[31m42\x1b[0m') is type(42)
    True
    >>> _type('\x1b[31m42\x1b[0m') is type(42)
    True

    """

    if has_invisible and \
       (isinstance(string, _text_type) or isinstance(string, _binary_type)):
        string = _strip_invisible(string)

    if string is None:
        return _none_type
    elif hasattr(string, "isoformat"):  # datetime.datetime, date, and time
        return _text_type
    elif _isint(string):
        return int
    elif _isnumber(string):
        return float
    elif isinstance(string, _binary_type):
        return _binary_type
    else:
        return _text_type