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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>type</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1993</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="type"> variable type</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>[i]=type(x)  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>x</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: Scilab object</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>i</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: integer</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P><VERB>type(x)</VERB>  returns an integer which is the type of <VERB>x</VERB> as following :</P>
    <P>
     1 
    :  real or complex constant matrix.</P>
    <P>
     2 
    :  polynomial matrix.</P>
    <P>
     4 
    :  boolean matrix.</P>
    <P>
     5
    :  sparse matrix.</P>
    <P>
     6
    :  sparse boolean matrix.</P>
    <P>
     8
    :  matrix of integers stored on 1 2 or 4 bytes</P>
    <P>
     9
    :  matrix of graphic handles</P>
    <P>
     10 
    :  matrix of character strings.</P>
    <P>
     11 
    :  un-compiled function.</P>
    <P>
     13 
    :  compiled function.</P>
    <P>
     14 
    :  function library.</P>
    <P>
     15 
    :  list.</P>
    <P>
     16 
    :  typed list (tlist)</P>
    <P>
     17
    :  mlist</P>
    <P>
     128
    : pointer</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>typeof</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
</MAN>
