I've been seeing this in a lot of scripts. The word 'type'. How do I use this?

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Type Function

In Lua, there is a function called ‘type’ that enables us to know the type of the variable. Some examples are given in the following code.

print(type("What is my type"))   --> string
t = 10

print(type(5.8*t))               --> number
print(type(true))                --> boolean
print(type(print))               --> function
print(type(nil))                 --> nil
print(type(type(ABC)))           --> string

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