User Guide

ilk (3D) 363
Example
The following ilk statement identifies the type of the object named Bids:
Bids = [:]
put ilk( Bids )
-- #proplist
The following ilk statement tests whether the variable Total is a list and displays the result in the
Message window:
Total = 2+2
put ilk( Total, #list )
-- 0
In this case, since the variable Total is not a list, the Message window displays 0, which is the
numeric equivalent of FALSE.
The following example tests a variable named myVariable and verifies that it is a date object
before displaying it in the Message window:
myVariable = the systemDate
if ilk(myVariable, #date) then put myVariable
-- date( 1999, 2, 19 )
ilk (3D)
Usage
ilk(object)
ilk(object,type)
object.ilk
object.ilk(type)
Description
Lingo function; indicates the type of an object.
The following table shows the return value for each type of 3D object recognized by
ilk(). See
the main Lingo Dictionary for a list of return values of non-3D objects which are not discussed in
this dictionary.
Type of object ilk(object) returns ilk(object, Type) if only Type =
render services #renderer #renderer
model resource #modelresource, #plane, #box,
#sphere, #cylinder, #particle,
#mesh
Same as ilk(object), except for
#modelresource which is the ilk of resources
generated by an imported W3D file
model #model #model
motion #motion #motion or #list
shader #shader #shader or #list
texture #texture #texture or #list
group #group #group
camera #camera #camera
collision data #collisiondata #collisiondata