self:get_type

Client

Retrieves 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, false if unavailable

Examples

Get the type of an SVG instance
local entity = core.svg.create("assets/icon.svg")

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

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