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commit ddb62efafb5659dae532089af83350f066446424
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Jun 15 20:50:07 2016 +0300

    Document typeof in manpage and reference card.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index ded68ea..f5e1b35 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-06-15         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
+
+       * gawk.1: Document typeof(), update modified date.
+       * awkcard.in: Document typeof().
+
 2016-06-10         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
 
        * gawktexi.in: Fix a typo, and replace hard-coded "section" with
diff --git a/doc/awkcard.in b/doc/awkcard.in
index 9b0721a..0b377ee 100644
--- a/doc/awkcard.in
+++ b/doc/awkcard.in
@@ -1887,7 +1887,12 @@ See the manual for details.\*(CB
 .ti -.2i
 \*(CD\*(FCisarray(\*(FIx\*(FC)\*(FR
 .br
-Return true if \*(FIx\fP is an array, false otherwise.\*(CB
+Return true if \*(FIx\fP is an array, false otherwise.
+.br
+.ti -.2i
+\*(FCtypeof(\*(FIx\*(FC)\*(FR
+.br
+Return a string indicating the type of \*(FIx\fP.\*(CB
 .in -.2i
 .EB "\s+2\f(HBTYPE FUNCTIONS (\*(GK\f(HB)\*(FR\s0"
 .sp .5
diff --git a/doc/gawk.1 b/doc/gawk.1
index f5dd245..633e8be 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.1
+++ b/doc/gawk.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .              if \w'\(rq' .ds rq "\(rq
 .      \}
 .\}
-.TH GAWK 1 "Mar 7 2016" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
+.TH GAWK 1 "Jun 15 2016" "Free Software Foundation" "Utility Commands"
 .SH NAME
 gawk \- pattern scanning and processing language
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -3213,13 +3213,28 @@ bits.
 Return the bitwise XOR of the values provided in the argument list.
 There must be at least two.
 .PP
-.SS Type Function
+.SS Type Functions
 The following function is for use with multidimensional arrays.
 .TP
 \fBisarray(\fIx\fB)\fR
 Return true if
 .I x
 is an array, false otherwise.
+.PP
+You can tell the type of any variable or array element with the
+following function:
+.TP
+\fBtypeof(\fIx\fB)\fR
+Return a string indicating the type of
+.IR x .
+The string will be one of
+\fB"array"\fP,
+\fB"number"\fP,
+\fB"regexp"\fP,
+\fB"string"\fP,
+\fB"strnum"\fP,
+or
+\fB"undefined"\fP.
 .SS Internationalization Functions
 The following functions may be used from within your AWK program for
 translating strings at run-time.

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Summary of changes:
 doc/ChangeLog  |    5 +++++
 doc/awkcard.in |    7 ++++++-
 doc/gawk.1     |   19 +++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


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