Type values

The lua type() function has fixed strings that it returns depending upon the type of value represented by its argument. These constant strings are 'boolean', 'function', 'nil', 'number', 'string', 'table' (and not commonly seen in openeuo, 'userdata' and 'thread').

print(type(print))
print(type('A'))
print(type(1))
print(type({}))
print(type(nil))
local b = 6
print(type(b))
print(type(false))

--> 'function'
--> 'string'
--> 'number'
--> 'table'
--> 'nil'
--> 'number'
--> 'boolean'

See Also

• false

• true

• nil

• type