title: How to check which type of data stored in a variable in python?
body: <p>I am very new to Python.Is there any method through which i can find out which type of value is stored in a particular variable?</p>
  
  <p>In below code how to find out type of stored value in a variable?</p>
  
  <pre><code>counter = 100          
  miles   = 1000.0       
  name    = "John"     
  name    =10
  
  
  print counter
  print miles
  print name
  </code></pre>