How do you set a conditional in python based on datatypes?

Question

This question seems mind-boggling simple, yet I can't figure it out. I know you can check datatypes in python, but how can you set a conditional based on the datatype? For instance, if I have to write a code that sorts through a dictionary/list and adds up all the integers, how do I isolate the search to look for only integers?

I guess a quick example would look something like this:

y = [] for x in somelist:     if type(x) == <type 'int'>:  ### <--- psuedo-code line     y.append(x) print sum(int(z) for z in y) 

So for line 3, how would I set such a conditional?

Answer 1

How about,

if isinstance(x, int): 

but a cleaner way would simply be

sum(z for z in y if isinstance(z, int))