typeid [function]

typeid( var )

returns the first 4 bits of the variable var type flags, as int

• returns one of the values mapped to VT_NULL/VT_BOOL/VT_INT/VT_REAL/VT_STRING/VT_FUNC/VT_CFUNC/VT_OBJECT/VT_PTR/VT_THREAD
• this function is equivalent to sgs_ItemType in the C API

typeid( 5 ) == VT_INT; // returns 'true'
typeid( [] ); // returns 7 / VT_OBJECT