code: def is_type(var, *args):
      """
      Return True if the variable is of the specified type(s) and False otherwise.
  
      This function is similar to :func:`assert_is_type`, however instead of raising an error when the variable does not
      match the provided type, it merely returns False.
      """
      return _check_type(var, U(*args))
  
imports: from h2o.utils.compatibility import *
  import importlib
  import io
  import re
  import sys
  import tokenize
  from types import BuiltinFunctionType, FunctionType
  from h2o.exceptions import H2OTypeError, H2OValueError
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: is_type(var) and returns: _check_type