getting the type

hello,

How can I get the type of something in Lisp?

for example:

(get-type "hola") -> string

(get-type 2) -> integer

Thanks

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Re: getting the type

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RE: getting the type

Ø How can I get the type of something in Lisp?

Ø for example:

Ø (get-type "hola") -> string

Ø (get-type 2) -> integer

type-of (albeit not the exact output you are showing above though).

For example: (type-of 2) -> FIXNUM

This should be close enough for what you want to do.

getting the type

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:06:34 +0200, Mauricio Toro <mauriciotorob@gmail.com> writes:
 > How can I get the type of something in Lisp?

Besides TYPE-OF, you should look into TYPEP.

For classes that you create yourself, sometimes it's also 
useful to implement predicate functions whose semantics
go beyond the type lattice.