API type

This function returns the type of variable was passed to it. t = type(arg1);

Arguments

 * arg1 : Any - Value to query the type of.

Returns

 * t : String - String representation of the argument's type passed: "nil", "number", "string", "boolean", "table", "function", "thread", or "userdata".

Example
type("I am a string"); -- "string" type(45); -- "number" type({}); -- "table" type(nil) -- "nil"