Does anybody know the difference between type(v) and typeof(v)?

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#1

I want to know whether I should use

type(variable)

or

typeof(variable)
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#2

typeof accounts for Roblox DataTypes, while type does not (it only accounts for regular Lua DataTypes and vector):

print(type(CFrame)) --> prints "userdata"
print(typeof(CFrame)) --> prints "CFrame"
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#3

type() returns the LUA type of an object, being a number, string, variable, table, function, etc…

typeof() returns what type does and as well as the Roblox class name for Roblox specific types.

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