Static Body

self:get_type

Shared

Retrieves the type name of the instance

Syntax

local result = self:get_type()

Parameters

No parameters are accepted by this function

Returns

TypeNameDescription
string | boolresultType of the instance, false if unavailable

Examples

Get the type of a static body instance
local entity = physics.static.create()

core.engine.print("info", entity:get_type()) -- 'physics.static'

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