Arc Cross Reference

type

[procedure] type obj

Returns a symbol that represents the type of obj.

returned symbol	object's type
cons	pair
sym	symbol
fn	procedure
char	character
string	string
int	integral number
num	non-integral number
table	hashtable
output	output port
input	input port
socket	socket
exception	exception
mac	macro

If obj is an annotated object (see annotate), the type given to annotate is returned.

See also: isa, scheme:class-of