.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: lua_type

.. _lua_type:

lua_type
========

.. us.tag lua_type NOTREADYENGLISH Lua New5800

:ref:`lua_type` returns the type of a Lua value as a string, see 
:ref:`lua-func-type`.

.. function:: ret = lua_type(luaValue)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ret* is one of the following strings:     "``nil``",  "``number``",
"``string``", "``boolean``", "``table``", "``function``", "``thread``",
"``userdata``".

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: luaValue

   *luaValue*

.. us.history

**History**

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

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - R2016.0
     - New.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-lua`,
   :ref:`Lua`,
   :ref:`lua_call`

:sub:`id-315195`