Difference between revisions of "Object:type"

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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
</source>
 
  
An alternate way of printing the type:
 
<source lang="lua">
 
type = tostring(Object)
 
</source>
 
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[parent::Object]]
 
* [[parent::Object]]

Revision as of 15:18, 1 August 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

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

See Also

Other Languages