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title: "Type Of"
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description: "This page covers the Type Of node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It outputs the internal name of a value's data type — introspection for …"
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# Type Of

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page covers the **Type Of node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It outputs the internal name of a value's data type — introspection for debugging and type-dependent asset logic.

This Node can be used to output the exact name of a data type as it is used internally by Cinema 4D.