Difference between revisions of "Type"
From GiderosMobile
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
Luau brings in those new types: | Luau brings in those new types: | ||
| − | *'''"vector"''' (built with the ''vector'' function) since Gideros 2022.1.3 | + | *'''"vector"''' (built with the ''vector'' function) since ''Gideros 2022.1.3'' |
| − | *'''"color"''' (built with the ''ColorValue'' function) since Gideros 2024.11 | + | *'''"color"''' (built with the ''ColorValue'' function) since ''Gideros 2024.11'' |
| + | *'''"buffer"''' (built with the ''buffer'' table) since ''Gideros 2025.1'' | ||
=== Parameters === | === Parameters === | ||
| Line 45: | Line 46: | ||
print(type(ColorValue(1, 0, 1, 1))) -- color | print(type(ColorValue(1, 0, 1, 1))) -- color | ||
print(type(ColorValue)) -- function | print(type(ColorValue)) -- function | ||
| + | |||
| + | print(type(buffer.create(16))) -- buffer | ||
| + | print(type(buffer)) -- table | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
| Line 51: | Line 55: | ||
'''[[Object]]'''</br> | '''[[Object]]'''</br> | ||
'''[[vector]]'''</br> | '''[[vector]]'''</br> | ||
| − | '''[[ColorValue]]''' | + | '''[[ColorValue]]'''</br> |
| + | '''[[buffer_luau|buffer]]''' | ||
{{(global)}} | {{(global)}} | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 5 February 2025
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
- "buffer" (built with the buffer table) since Gideros 2025.1
Parameters
v: (any) value to get type from
Return values
Returns (string) type of the variable
Examples
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
print(type(buffer.create(16))) -- buffer
print(type(buffer)) -- table
See also
typeof
Object
vector
ColorValue
buffer
