<head><title>ColdC: Function/Method Reference: type()</title></head> <body> <h1 align=center><a href="/ColdC/">ColdC</a>: <a href="/ColdC/Functions/">Function/Method Reference</a>: type()</h1> <hr> <p> <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: <pre> INTEGER 'integer FLOAT 'float STRING 'string SYMBOL 'symbol LIST 'list OBJNUM 'objnum DICTIONARY 'dictionary ERROR 'error FROB 'frob BUFFER 'buffer </pre> <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 © 1995, 1996, Brandon Gillespie</i> </body>