can I tell if a value is a string or not?

Unity Engine
1

var joe = “string”;
or
var joe= 1;

Can I tell which one is the string by using some “Type” command that would output the variable type?
Is there a property that tells the type?

Thanks,

Dan

2

Try

if (joe == joe+"")

or

if (joe == joe.ToString())

There is also a Type class you can try, but for your needs I think one of the above will suffice.

3

if(joe.GetType()==System.String) seems to work
although GetType is not listed anywhere.

4 
if (typeof(joe) == String)

GetType, typeof, etc. are all listed in the .NET docs along with all other language features.

–Eric

5

Unity should include some set of .net guide in their docs. At least a list of which ones are available with javascript examples. Someone should write a definitive Unity3d programming book that includes javascript examples for all the .net library features.

Dan

6

Well, it’s all on msdn.microsoft.com (though it’s not exactly a fun read). Pretty much anything JSCRIPT can do, Unityscript can do.