Re: Determining type

FROM : Scott Anguish
DATE : Fri Jun 23 20:15:28 2006

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specifically, the Class Types section


On Jun 23, 2006, at 2:13 PM, Jerrod Fowkes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is probably another api question. I am wondering if there is 
> something that can determine the datatype of an object (aka address).
>
> For example, I have
>
> id object; //actual object that has been alloc'ed
>
> I need to know if object is an NSArray or a NSDictionary.
>
> something like:
>
>  if (getType(NSArray) == getType(object))
>
> would be really nice. -Jerrod Fowkes