How can i check if something is a string or table?

[FWCentral]

The title pretty much says it all, I need to check if something is a string or a table, Here's what i tried;

  
if namei == string then 
local name = namei 
else 
local name = table.concat(namei, " ") 
end 
  

but it still says in the debug table expected?

[Jaysds1]

use:

type 

try this:

if type(namei) == "string" then 
    local name = namei 
elseif type(namei)=="table" then 
    local name = table.concat(namei, " ") 
end 

Edited June 6, 2012 by Guest

[FWCentral]

  
  
if type(namei) == string then 
local name = namei 
else 
local name = table.concat(namei, " ") 
end 
  

I tried that but didn't work

[Jaysds1]

sorry, I've edited it again, the type returns a string,

copy it again please

[FWCentral]

Edit: works fine thanks

Edited June 6, 2012 by Guest

[Jaysds1]

lol, np