typename
========

associates a name to variable type



Calling Sequence
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


::

    [types [ [,names]]=typename()
    typename(name,type)




Arguments
~~~~~~~~~

:types integer column vector: the types codes of each defined data
  types.
: :names column vector of strings: the names associated to type codes.
: :type integer: the type code of new data type.
: :name string: the name associated to the type code
:



Description
~~~~~~~~~~~

The function and operator overloading make use of a formal name
associated to data types to form the name of the overloading function
(see overloading). The `typename` can be used to handle this formal
names for hard coded data types (the `tlist` or `mlist` coded data
types formal names are defined in an other way, see `overloading`).

Called without right hand side argument, `typename` returns
information on defined data types.

Called with right hand side argument, `typename` associates a name to
a data type code.

`typename('',type)` suppress the data type given by its code `type`
out of the table of known data types.

Number max. of defined types is 50.



See Also
~~~~~~~~


+ `type`_ Returns the type of a variable
+ `typeof`_ object type
+ `overloading`_ display, functions and operators overloading
  capabilities
+ `tlist`_ Scilab object and typed list definition.
+ `mlist`_ Scilab object, matrix oriented typed list definition.


.. _mlist: mlist.html
.. _type: type.html
.. _typeof: typeof.html
.. _tlist: tlist.html
.. _overloading: overloading.html