NAME

lua_typename — returns the name of the type encoded by the value

SYNOPSIS

#include <lua.h>

const char *
lua_typename(lua_State *L, int tp);

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DESCRIPTION

lua_typename() returns the name of the type encoded by the value tp, which must be one the values returned by lua_type(3).

RETURN VALUES

Returns the name of the type encoded by the value.

SEE ALSO

Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes, Lua 5.1 Reference Manual.

HISTORY

The lua_typename() manual page is based on Lua Reference Manual 5.1 and was created by Sergey Bronnikov.