typeName

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Description

Description:

Returns the data type of an expression. The type is returned as an all-uppercase string having one of the following values:
"ARRAY",
"BOOL",
"CODE",
"CONFIG",
"CONTROL",
"DISPLAY",
"GROUP",
"LOCATION",
"OBJECT",
"SCALAR",
"SCRIPT",
"SIDE",
"STRING",
"TEXT",
"TEAM_MEMBER",
"NAMESPACE".
They represent the available data types in ArmA.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

String = 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:

hint typeName 0; //SCALAR hint typeName ""; //STRING hint typeName true; //BOOL hint typeName []; //ARRAY hint typeName {}; //CODE 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 opfor; //SIDE hint typeName parseText ""; //TEXT hint typeName configFile; //CONFIG hint typeName missionNamespace; //NAMESPACE

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!" }

Additional Information

See also:

typeOfisKindOfisClassisArrayisNumberisTextisNilisNull

Notes

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