How to determine the type of a variable in Swift

Question

Is there a function to determine the variable type in Swift? I presume there might be something like like type() in Python.

I\'d like a way to judge if

Answer 1

I use breakpoints during debuging but if you need to check if they match a certain type during runtime then drewag is right

another thing you can do is test datatype with assertion this would only work in debugging but with assertion you can set conditions which if met app crashes

maybe something like assert(let tArray == oldArray as? NSArray[] //if not NSArray app crashes)