Difference between revisions of "Object:type"

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Gets the type of the object as a string.
 
Gets the type of the object as a string.
 
Note. Also, to get the type of object, you can use:
 
<source lang="lua">
 
type = tostring(Object)
 
</source>
 
 
== Function ==
 
== Function ==
 
=== Synopsis ===
 
=== Synopsis ===
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source = love.audio.newSource("test.ogg")
 
source = love.audio.newSource("test.ogg")
 
print(source:type()) -- outputs: Source
 
print(source:type()) -- outputs: Source
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</source>
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An alternate way of printing the type:
 +
<source lang="lua">
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type = tostring(Object)
 
</source>
 
</source>
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Revision as of 13:38, 28 July 2015

Gets the type of the object as a string.

Function

Synopsis

type = Object:type()

Arguments

None.

Returns

string type
The type as a string.

Examples

Printing the type of an object

image = love.graphics.newImage("test.png")
print(image:type()) -- outputs: Image
source = love.audio.newSource("test.ogg")
print(source:type()) -- outputs: Source

An alternate way of printing the type:

type = tostring(Object)

See Also

Other Languages