typeName

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Description

Description:

Returns the Data Type of an expression. The type is returned as on of the following all-uppercase strings:

• "ARRAY"
• "BOOL"
• "CODE"
• "CONFIG"
• "CONTROL"
• "DISPLAY"
• "GROUP"
• "OBJECT"
• "SCALAR" (and "NaN")
• "SCRIPT"
• "SIDE"
• "STRING"
• "TEXT"
• 1.08 "LOCATION"
• 1.00 "TEAM_MEMBER"
• 1.00 "NAMESPACE"
• 1.00 "DIARY_RECORD"
• 1.00 "TASK"
• 2.02 "HASHMAP"

They represent the available Data Types in Arma.

For type comparison, use isEqualType command instead.

Groups:

Variables

Syntax

Syntax:

typeName anything

Parameters:

anything: Anything

Return Value:

String

Examples

Example 1:

_msg = "hello"; _result = typeName _msg; //_result will be "STRING"

Example 2:

_unit = player; _result = typeName _unit; //_result becomes "OBJECT"

Example 3:

Values representing direct Data Types:

hint typeName 0; // SCALAR hint typeName 1e39; // NaN hint typeName ""; // STRING hint typeName true; // BOOL hint typeName []; // ARRAY hint typeName {}; // CODE hint typeName scriptNull; // SCRIPT (since Arma 3 v1.32) hint typeName objNull; // OBJECT hint typeName grpNull; // GROUP hint typeName controlNull; // CONTROL hint typeName teamMemberNull; // TEAM_MEMBER (since Arma 2 v1.00) hint typeName displayNull; // DISPLAY hint typeName taskNull; // TASK (since Arma 2 v1.00) hint typeName locationNull; // LOCATION hint typeName sideUnknown; // SIDE hint typeName text ""; // TEXT hint typeName configFile; // CONFIG hint typeName configNull; // CONFIG (since Arma 3 v1.54) hint typeName missionNamespace; // NAMESPACE hint typeName diaryRecordNull; // DIARY_RECORD (since Arma 3 v2.00) hint typeName createHashMap; // HASHMAP (since Arma 3 v2.02)

Example 4:

if (typeName _this != "ARRAY") exitWith { hint "_this is not an array!" }; // is the same as if (typeName _this != typeName []) exitWith { hint "_this is not an array!" }; // same result but faster in Arma 3 if !(_this isEqualType []) exitWith { hint "_this is not an array!" };

Additional Information

See also:

isEqualTypeAll isEqualType isEqualTypeParams isEqualTypeArray isEqualTypeAny typeOf isKindOf isClass isArray isNumber isText isNil isNull

Notes

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Killzone_Kid - c

Posted on Sep 25, 2016 - 11:14 (UTC)

typeName of nil is ANY, however this is not possible to test as script command is just ignored when any argument is nil.