Difference between revisions of "Type"

Revision as of 23:00, 6 November 2024

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:

In Gideros 2024.11+ there is this new type:

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

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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 In '''Gideros 2024.11'''+ there is this new type:
-*'''color'''
+*'''color''' (built with the ''ColorValue'' function)
 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 print(type(ColorValue(1, 0, 1, 1))) -- color