def is_unicode ( string ) : str_type = str ( type ( string ) ) if str_type . find ( 'str' ) > 0 or str_type . find ( 'unicode' ) > 0 : return True return False
python if type is a string
Validates that the object itself is some kinda string
def is_unicode(string):
    """Validates that the object itself is some kinda string"""
    str_type = str(type(string))

    if str_type.find('str') > 0 or str_type.find('unicode') > 0:
        return True

    return False