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title: "typeof — Type of variable"
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# typeof — Type of variable

TYPEOF returns the intrinsic data type of a variable.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Variable name |
| var_result | var |  | Result variable name |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var_result; type: string

### Examples

```xml
<set var="name">iXML</set>
<typeof var="name" var_result="type"/>

<if value1="$type" func="=" value2="string">
	<output>My name is a string!</output>
</if>

<!-- My name is a string! -->
```