Q: How to check the type of a variable?

[AndMaz]

Is there a way to check the type of a variable? Something like typeof(global.fanSpeed) and result would be bool, int, float, string, DateTime, object or array

If this is not possible atm, can you please add this feature? It will help a lot with params validation

[dc42]

@AndMaz I'm sorry, we don't currently provide a way to check the type of a variable, other than to check if it is null. Can you provide more details about the use case?

[AndMaz]

@dc42 I would like to validate the input before doing any actual printing. For example, in M98 P"my-macro.g" S100 Y"123" the Y value is passed as a string instead of a int.

[dc42]

@AndMaz I creates this github issue https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/issues/865.

dc42 created this issue in Duet3D/RepRapFirmware

open [FeatureRequest]: Add a means to check the type of a variable #865