type

type(obj)

:: Returns an integer which identifies the type of the object obj in question.

return

integer

obj

arbitrary

• Current assignment of integers for object types is listed below.

  0

  0

  1

  number

  2

  polynomial (not number)

  3

  rational expression (not polynomial)

  4

  list

  5

  vector

  6

  matrix

  7

  string

  8

  structure

  9

  distributed polynomial

  10

  32bit unsigned integer

  11

  error object

  12

  matrix over GF(2)

  13

  MATHCAP object

  14

  first order formula

  -1

  VOID object

• For further classification of number, use ntype(). For further classification of variable, use vtype().

References

section ntype, section vtype.

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