Difference between revisions of "Type"

Revision as of 20:28, 4 March 2021

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: (global)

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

(string) = type(v)

The possible results of this function are:

v: (any) value to get type from

Returns (string) type of the variable

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

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 __NOTOC__
 '''Available since:''' Gideros 2011.6<br/>
+'''Class:''' [[(global)]]<br/>
 === Description ===
-<translate>Returns the type of its only argument, coded as a string. The possible results of this function are "nil" (a string, not the value nil), "number", "string", "boolean", "table", "function", "thread", and "userdata".</translate>
+Returns the type of its only argument, coded as a string.
 <source lang="lua">
 (string) = type(v)
 </source>
+The possible results of this function are:
+*'''"nil"''' (a string, not the value nil)
+*'''"number"'''
+*'''"string"'''
+*'''"boolean"'''
+*'''"table"'''
+*'''"function"'''
+*'''"thread"'''
+*'''"userdata"'''
 === Parameters ===
-'''v''': (any) <translate>value to get type from</translate> <br/>
+'''v''': (any) value to get type from<br/>
 === Return values ===
-'''Returns''' (string) <translate>type of the variable</translate><br/>
+'''Returns''' (string) type of the variable<br/>
+=== Example ===
+'''Checks if variable x is of type table'''
+<source lang="lua">
+local x = {}
+if type(x) == "table" then print("type is table")
+else print("type is not table")
+end
+</source>
+{{(global)}}