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How to tell what kind of data is stored in a variable?
1 | local String = "Test String" |
2 | local Table = {1,2,3,4,5} |
How would I determine which variable stores what kind of data? Does that question make sense, or do I need to clarify?
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Use the type() method! So basically,
1 | local String = "Test String" |
2 | local Table = {1,2,3,4,5} |
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4 | print(type(String)) --> "string" |
5 | print(type(Table)) -->"table" |
It returns a string of the name of your variable's data type. So when comparing:
1 | if type(String) == "string" then -- right |
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3 | if type(String) == string then --wrong! |
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you can also use typeof(), which does the same thing but includes roblox objects. of course, type() is faster if you aren't checking roblox objects :) Speedmask 661 — 3y