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type
Returns the type of a variable
Calling Sequence
[i]=type(x)
Arguments
- x
Scilab object
- i
integer
Description
type(x) returns an integer which is the type of x as following :
1 : real or complex constant matrix.
2 : polynomial matrix.
4 : boolean matrix.
5 : sparse matrix.
6 : sparse boolean matrix.
7 : Matlab sparse matrix.
8 : matrix of integers stored on 1 2 or 4 bytes.
9 : matrix of graphic handles.
10 : matrix of character strings.
11 : un-compiled function (Scilab code).
13 : compiled function (Scilab code).
14 : function library.
15 : list.
16 : typed list (tlist).
17 : matrix oriented typed list (mlist).
128 : pointer (See lufact).
129 : size implicit polynomial used for indexing.
130 : Scilab intrinsic (C or Fortran code).
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