Dynamic Values

A Dynamic value can be any type, as long as it implements Clone.

let x = 42;         // value is an integer

x = 123.456;        // value is now a floating-point number

x = "hello";        // value is now a string

x = x.len > 0;      // value is now a boolean

x = [x];            // value is now an array

x = #{x: x};        // value is now an object map

Use type_of() to Get Value Type

Because type_of() a Dynamic value returns the type of the actual value, it is usually used to perform type-specific actions based on the actual value’s type.

let mystery = get_some_dynamic_value();

switch type_of(mystery) {
    "()" => print("Hey, I got the unit () here!"),
    "i64" => print("Hey, I got an integer here!"),
    "f64" => print("Hey, I got a float here!"),
    "decimal" => print("Hey, I got a decimal here!"),
    "range" => print("Hey, I got an exclusive range here!"),
    "range=" => print("Hey, I got an inclusive range here!"),
    "string" => print("Hey, I got a string here!"),
    "bool" => print("Hey, I got a boolean here!"),
    "array" => print("Hey, I got an array here!"),
    "blob" => print("Hey, I got a BLOB here!"),
    "map" => print("Hey, I got an object map here!"),
    "Fn" => print("Hey, I got a function pointer here!"),
    "timestamp" => print("Hey, I got a time-stamp here!"),
    "TestStruct" => print("Hey, I got the TestStruct custom type here!"),
    _ => print(`I don't know what this is: ${type_of(mystery)}`)
}

Parse from JSON

Use parse_json to parse a JSON string into a Dynamic value.