How do you type test in C++... Newb question :)

[Irish]

Hello all.... 1st post here

I was hoping someone could tell me how you test the datatype of a
variable in C++?
Like if I declare

struct ELEMENT{int key;} variable1;

OR

int variable2 = 10;

How can I type check variable1 or variable2?

I mostly write in Python... I'm looking for something similar to
python's way to do it... if there is in C++
type(variable1) #would return the datatype of variable1
or
isinstance(vari able2, int) #would return true is variable2 is a
instance of the int class

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[Victor Bazarov]

Irish wrote:

Hello all.... 1st post here
Did you read the Welcome message? Did you read the FAQ? If you didn't,
please do. It is very important you have all the necessary information
about this newsgroup so we don't have to repeat ourselves.
I was hoping someone could tell me how you test the datatype of a
variable in C++?
Like if I declare

struct ELEMENT{int key;} variable1;

OR

int variable2 = 10;

How can I type check variable1 or variable2?
What do you mean? And what is it for?
I mostly write in Python... I'm looking for something similar to
python's way to do it... if there is in C++
type(variable1) #would return the datatype of variable1
or
isinstance(vari able2, int) #would return true is variable2 is a
instance of the int class

No such thing exists in C++. What problem are you trying to solve by
using that approach? I am fairly certain there are other ways to solve
your problem.

V

[Irish]

Thanks for the info Victor. I found a fix for my problem :)