<function name="type" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Returns a string representing the name of the type of the passed object.</description>⤶ <description>⤶ Returns a string representing the name of the type of the passed object.⤶ <warning>This will return `table` if the input is <page>Global.Color</page>, consider using <page>Global.IsColor</page> in that case.</warning>⤶ </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( {} ) ) print( type( Color( 1, 1, 1 ) ) )⤶ </code> <output> ``` number string table⤶ table ``` </output> </example> <example> <description>Returns `no value` if called with 0 arguments/parameters.</description> <code>print( type() )</code> <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 ) ) ) -- num is the EntIndex for the entity print( type( vgui.Create( "DFrame" ) ) ) </code> <output> ``` Player Vector Angle Entity Panel ``` </output> </example>