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Check If Variable Is Function In Python

Last updated June 21, 2023 by Jarvis Silva

In this tutorial I will show you how to check if a variable is function in python, to create this program we will use the callable function which returns true when given a function as a parameter so we can use this to create this program now let’s see it in code.

Python Code To Check If Variable Is Function


def test():
    print("Test")
    
if callable(test) == True:
    print("It is a function")
else:
    print("Not a function")

Above is the code for checking if variable is function, we have used the callable function which returns true when given a function as a parameter.

Now to run this program you need to have python installed on your computer, If you don’t have then follow this guide: Install and setup python on your computer or use this online python compiler.

After running this program you will see that it printed that it is a function if you gave it any other variable the callable function return it false and print not a function.

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