NAME
    istype - whether the type of a value is the same as another

SYNOPSIS
    istype(x, y)

TYPES
    x		any, &any
    y		any, &any

    return	int

DESCRIPTION
    Determine if x has the same type as y.  This function will return 1
    if x and y are of the same type, 0 otherwise.

EXAMPLE
    ; print istype(2, 3), istype(2, 3.0), istype(2, 2.3)
    1 1 1

    ; print istype(2, 3i), istype(2, "2"), istype(2, null())
    0 0 0

    ; mat a[2]
    ; b = list(1,2,3)
    ; c = assoc()
    ; obj chongo {was, here} d;
    ; print istype(a,b), istype(b,c), istype(c,d)
    0 0 0

LIMITS
    none

LINK LIBRARY
    none

SEE ALSO
    isassoc, isatty, isblk, isconfig, isdefined, iserror, iseven, isfile,
    ishash, isident, isint, islist, ismat, ismult, isnull, isnum, isobj,
    isobjtype, isodd, isprime, isrand, israndom, isreal, isrel,
    issimple, issq, isstr

## Copyright (C) 1999  Landon Curt Noll
##
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##
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