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Returns the type of a variable.

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	**Typeof** ( //variable// | //datatype// )
##
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	##//variable//##
		A variable of any type.
	##//datatype//##
		A [[DataType|DataType]].

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	##**Typeof**## is a compiler intrinsic that replaces itself with the type of the variable passed to it. It can either be used in a variable declaration (Example 1) or it can be used in the preprocessor for comparison, printing. (Example 2)
	
	##**Typeof**## also supports passing any intrinsic data type, or user-defined type (and its data fields for fbc version >= 1.08), not only variables defined as those types. Also supported are expressions, the type is inferred from the expression (much like ##[[KeyPgVar|Var]]##).
	
	For fbc version < 1.08: When a variable from a given namespace is accessed with the namespace's name prefix, wrap the argument to ##**Typeof**## with parentheses to force it to be seen as an expression. For example ##Typeof((namespace_name.variable))##.
	
	If there is both a user defined type and a variable visible with the same name in the current scope, the user defined type takes precedence over the variable.  To ensure that the ##**Typeof**## takes the variable instead of the user defined type, wrap the argument to ##**Typeof**## with parentheses to force it to be seen as an expression.  For example ##Typeof((variable))##.

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Example 1:
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/misc/typeof1.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
Dim As Integer foo
Dim As TypeOf(67.2) bar '' '67.2' is a literal double
Dim As TypeOf( foo + bar ) teh_double '' double + integer results in double
Print SizeOf(teh_double)
%%
Example 2:
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/misc/typeof2.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
Dim As String foo
#print TypeOf(foo)
#if TypeOf(foo) = TypeOf(Integer)
  #print "Never happened!"
#endif

#if TypeOf(foo) = TypeOf(String)
  #print "It's a String!"
#endif
%%

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	- Not available in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang qb]]// dialect unless referenced with the alias ##**""__Typeof""**##.

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	- New to ""FreeBASIC""

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	- ##[[KeyPgSizeof|Sizeof]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgVar|Var]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgTypeAlias|Type (Alias)]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgType|Type...End Type]]##

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