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=== Description ===
 
=== Description ===
 
Returns the type of its only argument, coded as a string.
 
Returns the type of its only argument, coded as a string.
<source lang="lua">
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 
(string) = type(v)
 
(string) = type(v)
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
The possible results of this function are:
 
The possible results of this function are:
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*'''"thread"'''
 
*'''"thread"'''
 
*'''"userdata"'''
 
*'''"userdata"'''
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Luau brings in those new types:
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*'''"vector"''' (built with the ''vector'' function) since Gideros 2022.1.3
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*'''"color"''' (built with the ''ColorValue'' function) since Gideros 2024.11
  
 
=== Parameters ===
 
=== Parameters ===
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=== Example ===
 
=== Example ===
 
'''Checks if variable x is of type table'''
 
'''Checks if variable x is of type table'''
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 
local x = {}
 
local x = {}
 
if type(x) == "table" then print("type is table")
 
if type(x) == "table" then print("type is table")
 
else print("type is not table")
 
else print("type is not table")
 
end
 
end
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'''New Luau types'''
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
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print(type(vector(64, 38, 16))) -- vector
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print(type(vector)) -- function
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print(type(ColorValue(1, 0, 1, 1))) -- color
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print(type(ColorValue)) -- function
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=== See also ===
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'''[[Object]]'''</br>
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'''[[vector]]'''</br>
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'''[[ColorValue]]'''
  
 
{{(global)}}
 
{{(global)}}

Latest revision as of 03:02, 8 November 2024

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

Description

Returns the type of its only argument, coded as a string.

(string) = type(v)

The possible results of this function are:

  • "nil" (a string, not the value nil)
  • "number"
  • "string"
  • "boolean"
  • "table"
  • "function"
  • "thread"
  • "userdata"

Luau brings in those new types:

  • "vector" (built with the vector function) since Gideros 2022.1.3
  • "color" (built with the ColorValue function) since Gideros 2024.11

Parameters

v: (any) value to get type from

Return values

Returns (string) type of the variable

Example

Checks if variable x is of type table

local x = {}
if type(x) == "table" then print("type is table")
else print("type is not table")
end

New Luau types

print(type(vector(64, 38, 16))) -- vector
print(type(vector)) -- function

print(type(ColorValue(1, 0, 1, 1))) -- color
print(type(ColorValue)) -- function

See also

Object
vector
ColorValue