GetClass(handle)

Description

The GetClass function returns a string with information about the class for the object.

Arguments

• Handle:
  The function takes a handle of the type “light_userdata” as an argument.
  It can be omitted when using the colon notation on an object.

  The Colon Notation is a way to omit the handle as the first argument when using the Object functions.

  This is the general syntax with the colon notation: object:function()

  This is the general syntax with standard handle notation: object.function(object)

  Learn more in the Lua Functions - Object API topic.

Return

• String:
  The function returns the text string with the name of the object’s class.

Examples

This example prints the class name of the selected sequence.

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```
return function()

-- Gets the class name of the selected sequence.
Printf("The class name is " .. SelectedSequence():GetClass())

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