.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: type

.. _type:

type
====

.. us.tag  type ENGLISH Programming.Datatype Changed410

:ref:`type` returns the type of its argument.

.. function::  ssType = type(var)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssType* is a scalar string and can have one of the following
values:

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Value
     - Meaning
   * - "real"
     - var is a real matrix.
   * - "complex"
     - var is a complex matrix.
   * - "string"
     - var is a string matrix.
   * - "object"
     - var is a COM object pointer.
   * - "obj"
     - var is a object matrix.
   * - "variant"
     - var is a variant matrix.
   * - "function"
     - var is a function.
   * - "undef"
     - var is not defined.
   * - "error"
     - var is an error object. See :ref:`error_create`.
   * - "xxx"
     - xxx is an object type name. For example ``type(obj_create())``  returns
       the string "obj".

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: var

   *var* is a name of a matrix or a function.

.. us.example

**Example**

The following example prints the string ``"complex"``:

::

   * a = 1 + 2i
   * type(a);
   complex

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-programming`,
   :ref:`isfunctionloaded`,
   :ref:`isstring`,
   :ref:`isreal`,
   :ref:`iscomplex`,
   :ref:`ObjGetClass`

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