<function name="type" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Returns a string representing the name of the type of the passed object.</description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="var" type="any">The object to get the type of.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="string">The name of the object's type.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Print the name of a few types.</description> <code> print( type(2) ) print( type("hai") ) print( type({}) ) </code> <outputfixedwidth>Fixed width</outputfixedwidth> <output> number string table </output> </example> <example> <description>Returns "no value" if called with 0 arguments/parameters.</description> <code>print( type() )</code> <outputfixedwidth>Fixed width</outputfixedwidth> <output>no value</output> </example> <example> <description>A list of code showing how you can use the type function in replacement with any of the "is" functions. (example being <page>Global.istable</page>, <page>Global.isentity</page>, etc.)</description> <code> print(type(LocalPlayer())) print(type(Vector())) print(type(Angle())) print(type(Entity(num))) -- -&gt; num is the EntIndex for the entity print(type(Entity(num))) -- num is the EntIndex for the entity print(type(vgui.Create("DFrame"))) </code> <outputfixedwidth>Fixed width</outputfixedwidth> <output> Player Vector Angle Entity Panel </output> </example>