Given a valid object key or array index, returns a string indicating the datatype of the value. See “Working with Datatypes” for details and examples.

parameters:

• key — the object key or array index of the value to be tested.

return values:

One of the following strings will be returned:

• "null" — a JSON null

• "boolean" — a zero (“false”) or non-zero (“true”) numeric value

• "number" — any canonical numeric value

• "oref" — a reference to another object

• "object" — a nested object

• "array" — a nested array

• "string" — a standard text string

• "unassigned" — the property or element exists, but does not have an assigned value

see also: %IsDefined()

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