Integer Checker and Thing Getter

# This is how you find a specified something within another specified something
def get_swag(x, y):
    if y in x:
        y = x.index(y)
        print x[y]
    else:
        print "That isn't in there."
 
# This is how to check whether something is an integer or not
def check_num(k):
        if isinstance (k, (int, long)): #Command "isinstance" checks the variable for its classinfo
            print k, "is an integer."            
        else:
            print k, "is not an integer."
            
# This is how to run a check of integers on a list. 
def run_check_num(a):
    if isinstance(a, list): # Now my function can check lists and individual variables
        if len(a) == 0:
            print "Whoops, nothing in the list."
            return
        place = 0
        while place < len(a):
            if check_num(a[place]):
                place = place + 1
            else:
                place = place + 1
    else:
        check_num(a)

thislist = ["five", 7, 7, "YOUR MOM", "#SWAG"]

hi = []

get_swag(thislist, "YOUR MOM")
get_swag(thislist, "ALL I WANT FOR MY BIRTHDAY IS ABIG BOOTY HO.")

print "\n"
print "If you check a list for numbers, you get a list."
run_check_num(thislist)
print "If it's an empty list, you get this."
run_check_num(hi)
print "If you put an integer in, you get one answer."
run_check_num(8)
print "And as for the false answer:"
run_check_num("FUCK YOU")

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