Object:type

Gets the type of the object as a string.

Note. Also, to get the type of object, you can use:

type = tostring(Object)

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

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