get data type of variable

[Guest_imported]

im wondering if there is some way to get the data type of a variable that has been declared and then be able to declare another variable of the same type

like

int i = 6;

...//typeof i is now unknown

typedef typeof(i) NEWTYPE

NEWTYPE j; //j also becomes an integer

 

[SeekerOfKnowledge]

MFC gives this ability for classes inheriting from CObject.
I think you can implement this quite easily through templates yourself. the problem is that this does not apply to simple types such as an integer.
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[jinappa]

Yes, you can do this through RTTI which stands for run time type identification. Just lookup RTTI in the docs, off hand I can't think of the command, but it is well documented.

If you can't find it let me know.