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"
• "LOCATION"
• "OBJECT"
• "SCALAR"
• "SCRIPT"
• "SIDE"
• "STRING"
• "TEXT"
• "TEAM_MEMBER"
• "NAMESPACE"
• "DIARY_RECORD"
• "TASK"
• "HASHMAP"

They represent the available data types in Arma.

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For comparing types, use isEqualType command instead in Arma 3

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 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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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