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type/symbol

check for an object of type symbol

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Subtypes

Supertypes

Examples

Calling Sequence

type(x, symbol)

Parameters

x

-

any expression

Description

• 

The call type(x, symbol) checks to see if x is of type symbol. It returns true if x is of type symbol, and false otherwise.

• 

A symbol is a Maple expression that is a name but that is not of type indexed.

Subtypes

• 

type/global, type/local

Supertypes

• 

type/name

Examples

type1,symbol

false

(1)

type12,symbol

false

(2)

type0.5,symbol

false

(3)

typeString,symbol

false

(4)

typeName,symbol

true

(5)

typeab,symbol

false

(6)

typeab,symbol

false

(7)

See Also

type

type/atomic

type/identical

type/indexed

type/literal

type/name

type/string