Cold Help System: Programming: ColdC Reference Manual: Functions: Data: type()


SYMBOL type(ANY data)

This function returns a symbol name for the data type of data. The following symbols represent the respective types:

INTEGER'integer
FLOAT'float
STRING'string
SYMBOL'symbol
LIST'list
OBJNUM'objnum
DICTIONARY'dictionary
ERROR'error
FROB'frob
BUFFER'buffer

More information can be found in the section on Data Types.


frob_class() | size() | toerr() | tofloat() | toint() | toliteral() | toobjnum() | tostr() | tosym() | type() | valid() | fromliteral() | frob_value() | frob_handler()


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