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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.

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For comparing types, use isEqualType command instead in Arma 3

Groups:

Variables

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 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 v1.53.133130) hint typeName missionNamespace; //NAMESPACE hint typeName diaryRecordNull; //DIARY_RECORD (Since Arma 3 v1.99.146508)
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!"

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

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Posted on September 25, 2016 - 11:14 (UTC)
Killzone Kid: typeName of nil is ANY, however this is not possible to test as script command is just ignored when any argument is nil

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