typeName

Description

Returns the Data Type of an expression.

The type is returned as on of the following all-uppercase strings:

• "ARRAY"
• "BOOL"
• "CODE"
• "CONFIG"
• "CONTROL"
• "DISPLAY"
• "GROUP"
• "OBJECT"
• "SCALAR" (and "NaN")
• "SCRIPT"
• "SIDE"
• "STRING"
• "TEXT"
• Armed Assault v1.08 "LOCATION"
• Arma 2 v1.00 "TEAM_MEMBER"
• Arma 2 v1.00 "NAMESPACE"
• Arma 2 v1.00 "DIARY_RECORD"
• Arma 2 v1.00 "TASK"
• Arma 3 v2.02 "HASHMAP"
• Arma 3 v2.24 "NetObject"

They represent the available Data Types in Arma.

Note

Arma 3: For type comparison, use isEqualType command instead.

Syntax

typeName anything

Parameters:

• anything: Anything

Returns: String

Examples

Example 1

_msg = "hello"; _result = typeName _msg;  //_result will be "STRING"

Example 2

_unit = player; _result = typeName _unit; //_result becomes "OBJECT"

Example 3

Values representing direct Data Types:

hint typeName 0;                    // SCALAR
hint typeName 1e39;                    // NaN
hint typeName "";                    // STRING
hint typeName true;                    // BOOL
hint typeName [];                    // ARRAY
hint typeName {};                    // CODE
hint typeName scriptNull;            // SCRIPT (since Arma 3 v1.32)
hint typeName objNull;                // OBJECT
hint typeName grpNull;                // GROUP
hint typeName controlNull;            // CONTROL
hint typeName teamMemberNull;        // TEAM_MEMBER (since Arma 2 v1.00)
hint typeName displayNull;            // DISPLAY
hint typeName taskNull;                // TASK (since Arma 2 v1.00)
hint typeName locationNull;            // LOCATION
hint typeName sideUnknown;            // SIDE
hint typeName text "";                // TEXT
hint typeName configFile;            // CONFIG
hint typeName configNull;            // CONFIG (since Arma 3 v1.54)
hint typeName missionNamespace;        // NAMESPACE
hint typeName diaryRecordNull;        // DIARY_RECORD (since Arma 3 v2.00)
hint typeName createHashMap;        // HASHMAP (since Arma 3 v2.02)
hint typeName netObjNull;            // NetObject (works as intended since Arma 3 v2.24)

Example 4

if (typeName _this != "ARRAY") exitWith { hint "_this is not an array!" };
// is the same as
if (typeName _this != typeName []) exitWith { hint "_this is not an array!" };
// same result but faster in Arma 3
if !(_this isEqualType []) exitWith { hint "_this is not an array!" };

See also

isEqualTypeAll · isEqualType · isEqualTypeParams · isEqualTypeArray · isEqualTypeAny · typeOf · isKindOf · isClass · isArray · isNumber · isText · isNil · isNull