typeof

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Function

typeof — the type of a value

Synopsis

typeof(val: any) -> type

Description

The typeof function returns the type of its argument val. Types are first class so the returned type is also a value. The type of a type is type type.

Examples

The types of various values:

yield typeof(this)
1
"foo"
10.0.0.1
[1,2,3]
{s:"foo"}
null
error("missing") 
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The type of a type is type type:

yield typeof(typeof(this))
null 
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