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<h1 align=center><a href="/ColdC/">ColdC</a>: <a href="/ColdC/Functions/">Function/Method Reference</a>: type()</h1>

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<font size=+1><i>SYMBOL</i> <b>type</b>(<i>ANY <b>data</b></i>)</font>

<p>This function returns a symbol name for the data type of <var>data</var>.
The following symbols represent the respective types:

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     INTEGER      'integer
     FLOAT        'float
     STRING       'string
     SYMBOL       'symbol
     LIST         'list
     OBJNUM       'objnum
     DICTIONARY   'dictionary
     ERROR        'error
     FROB         'frob
     BUFFER       'buffer
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<p>More information can be found in the section on <a href="http://www.cold.org/ColdC/Structure/types.html">Data Types</a>.

<p><hr size=4><p align=center><i>Last Modified on Mar 2 1996</i>
<br><i>Copyright &copy; 1995, 1996, Brandon Gillespie</i>
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