is_string(n);
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| n | The argument to check. |
Returns: Boolean
This function returns whether a given variable is a string
number or not. In some cases you want to check and see if a
variable in GameMaker: Studio holds a string and not a real
and that's when you would use this function. It does not
return the string but rather true or false, so a
value of, for example, "fish" for n will return true, but
a value of 200 for n will return false.
if is_string(val)
{
name = "Player: " + val;
}
The above code checks the variable "val" to see if it contains a string and if it does it adds it into another string which is then assigned to the variable "name".