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. if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq
. \}
.\}
-.TH GAWK 1 "Mar 7 2016" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
+.TH GAWK 1 "Jun 15 2016" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
.SH NAME
gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -3213,13 +3213,28 @@ bits.
Return the bitwise XOR of the values provided in the argument list.
There must be at least two.
.PP
-.SS Type Function
+.SS Type Functions
The following function is for use with multidimensional arrays.
.TP
\fBisarray(\fIx\fB)\fR
Return true if
.I x
is an array, false otherwise.
+.PP
+You can tell the type of any variable or array element with the
+following function:
+.TP
+\fBtypeof(\fIx\fB)\fR
+Return a string indicating the type of
+.IR x .
+The string will be one of
+\fB"array"\fP,
+\fB"number"\fP,
+\fB"regexp"\fP,
+\fB"string"\fP,
+\fB"strnum"\fP,
+or
+\fB"undefined"\fP.
.SS Internationalization Functions
The following functions may be used from within your AWK program for
translating strings at run-time.