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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/typeof.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 typeof Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Get the data type of an object.

Syntax

DataType_Type typeof (x)

Description

This function returns the data type of x.

Example

  if (Integer_Type == typeof (x)) message ("x is an integer");
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