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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:

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 ""; // 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 hint typeName displayNull; // DISPLAY hint typeName taskNull; // TASK 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.

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 * "[[Display|DISPLAY]]"
 * "[[Group|GROUP]]"
-* "[[Location|LOCATION]]"
 * "[[Object|OBJECT]]"
 * "[[Number|SCALAR]]"
-* "[[Script|SCRIPT]]"
+* "[[Script Handle|SCRIPT]]"
 * "[[Side|SIDE]]"
 * "[[String|STRING]]"
-* "[[Text|TEXT]]"
+* "[[Structured Text|TEXT]]"
-* "[[Team Member|TEAM_MEMBER]]"
+* {{GVI|arma1|1.08|size= 0.75}} "[[Location|LOCATION]]"
-* "[[Namespace|NAMESPACE]]"
+* {{GVI|arma2|1.00|size= 0.75}} "[[Team Member|TEAM_MEMBER]]"
-* "[[Diary Record|DIARY_RECORD]]"
+* {{GVI|arma2|1.00|size= 0.75}} "[[Namespace|NAMESPACE]]"
-* "[[Task|TASK]]"
+* {{GVI|arma2|1.00|size= 0.75}} "[[Diary Record|DIARY_RECORD]]"
-* "[[HashMap|HASHMAP]]"
+* {{GVI|arma2|1.00|size= 0.75}} "[[Task|TASK]]"
-|shrink= y
+* {{GVI|arma3|2.02|size= 0.75}} "[[HashMap|HASHMAP]]"
 }}
 They represent the available [[:Category:Data Types|Data Types]] in {{arma}}.
-{{Feature|informative|For comparing types, use [[isEqualType]] command instead in {{arma3}}.}}
+{{Feature|arma3|For type comparison, use [[isEqualType]] command instead.}}
 |s1= [[typeName]] anything
@@ Line 53: / Line 52: @@
 |x1= <sqf>_msg = "hello"; _result = typeName _msg;  //_result will be "STRING"</sqf>
 |x2= <sqf>_unit = player; _result = typeName _unit; //_result becomes "OBJECT"</sqf>
@@ Line 62: / Line 62: @@
 hint typeName [];					// ARRAY
 hint typeName {};					// CODE
+hint typeName scriptNull;			// SCRIPT (since Arma 3 v1.32)
 hint typeName objNull;				// OBJECT
 hint typeName grpNull;				// GROUP
@@ Line 72: / Line 73: @@
 hint typeName text "";				// TEXT
 hint typeName configFile;			// CONFIG
-hint typeName configNull;			// CONFIG (Since Arma 3 v1.54)
+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 diaryRecordNull;		// DIARY_RECORD (since Arma 3 v2.00)
-hint typeName createHashMap;		// HASHMAP (Since Arma 3 v2.02)
+hint typeName createHashMap;		// HASHMAP (since Arma 3 v2.02)
 </sqf>