self:get_type

Shared

Returns the type name of the instance


Syntax

local result = self:get_type()

Parameters

No parameters are accepted by this function

Returns

TypeNameDescription
string | boolresultType of the instance, or false if unavailable

Examples

Get the type of a model instance
local entity = model.create("character")

engine.print("info", entity:get_type()) -- 'model'

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