API type

This function returns the type of variable was passed to it.
 t = type(arg1);
==Arguments==
:;arg1:Any - Value to query the type of.
==Returns==
:; t: - String representation of the argument's type passed: "nil", "number", "string", "boolean", "table", "function", "thread", or "userdata".
==Example==
 type("I am a string"); -- "string"
 type(45); -- "number"
 type({}); -- "table"
 type(nil) -- "nil"