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.TH "RB_TYPE" "1" "February 2014" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBrb_type\fR \- return the integer value of a ruby type
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBstatic inline int rb_type(VALUE obj);\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The rb_type function takes a ruby object as its argument and returns the integer value of its internal representation in ruby\. The integer value is one of the the ruby type definitions, i\.e\. T_STRING for String objects, T_NIL for NilClass objects, T_SYMBOL for Symbol objects, etc\.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
VALUE greeting = rb_str_new2("Hello amigo!");
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.P
if( rb_type(greeting) == T_STRING ) {
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.IP "" 4
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.nf

printf("Greeting is a ruby String");
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.P
}
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.SH "AUTHOR"
John Faucett
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
ruby_value_type(3)

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capiru-0.0.1	reference/en/rb_type.1