typeof

object type

Calling Sequence

[t]=typeof(object)

Arguments

:object Scilab object : :t string :

Description

t=typeof(object) returns one of the following strings:

:”constant” if object is a real or complex matrix of double. : :”polynomial” if object is a `polynomial matrix`_. : :”function” if object is a function (Scilab code). See also

: :”handle” if object is an handle. : :”string” if object is a matrix made of `character strings`_. : :”boolean” if object is a boolean matrix. : :”list” if object is a list. : :”rational” if object is a rational matrix (transfer matrix). : :”state-space” if object is a state-space model (see syslin). : :”sparse” if object is a (real) `sparse matrix`_. : :”boolean sparse” if object is a boolean sparse matrix. : :”hypermat” if object is an hypermatrix (N-dimension array with N

>=3).

: :”st” if object is a structure. : :”ce” if object is a cell array. : :”fptr” if object is a built-in Scilab function, called also gateway

(C, C++ or Fortran code).

: :”pointer” if object is a pointer (See a use case: lufact). : :”size implicit” if object is a size implicit polynomial used for

indexing. This a purely internal value.

: :”library” if object is function library. : :”int8” or “uint8” or “int16” or “uint16” or “int32” or “uint32” if

object is a matrix of [unsigned] integers stored on 8, 16 or 32 bits. (See int)

:

Note that if the object is a tlist or mlist, typeof will return the first string in the first list entry

Examples

typeof(1)
typeof(`poly`_(0,'x'))

typeof(1/`poly`_(0,'x'))
typeof(%t)

w=`sprand`_(100,100,0.001);
typeof(w)
typeof(w==w)

`deff`_('y=f(x)','y=2*x');
typeof(f)

L=`tlist`_(['V','a','b'],18,'Scilab');
typeof(L)

typeof(corelib)

See Also

  • type Returns the type of a variable
  • strings Scilab Object, character strings
  • syslin linear system definition
  • poly polynomial definition

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