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Global.istable#567941
<function name="istable" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc">
<description>Returns if the passed object is a <page>table</page>.
<note>Will return `true` if the argument does not have a metatable. It will return `true` for variables of type <page>Color</page> as well.</note>
<note>Will return `true` if the argument has a metatable. It will return `true` for variables of type <page>Color</page> as well.</note>
</description>
<realm>Shared and Menu</realm>
<args>
<arg name="variable" type="any">The variable to perform the type check for.</arg>
</args>
<rets>
<ret name="" type="boolean">True if the variable is a <page>table</page>.</ret>
</rets>
</function>
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<example>⤶
<description>Second object has a string conversion but it is still a table</description>⤶
<code>⤶
local mt1 = {}⤶
function new1()⤶
self = {}; setmetatable(self, mt1)⤶
mt1.__index = mt1⤶
return self⤶
end⤶
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local mt2 = {}⤶
function new2()⤶
self = {}; setmetatable(self, mt2)⤶
mt2.__index = mt2⤶
mt2.__tostring = function(o) return "TEST" end⤶
return self⤶
end⤶
</code>⤶
<output>⤶
```⤶
table: 0x01c98390 true TEST true table: 0x019f29f8 true⤶
```⤶
</output>⤶
</example>⤶
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