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JoltJab
So I’m settin up a match statement to test what class of node I got, right? I’m using .get_class() to figure out what class it is, but then I find out it doesn’t return custom classes! Does anyone know how I could check what class (including custom classes) my node is?
example code:
@export var physics_parent: Node;
func check_physics_parent() -> void:
match physics_parent.get_class():
"CharacterBody2D":
print("I'm characterBody2D");
"RigidBody2D":
print("I'm RigidBody2D");
"FunkyPhysicsClass2D":
print("I'm FunkyPhysicsClass2D");
_:
print("I'm most likely 'null'");
In the example above, “FunkyPhysicsClass2D” wouldn’t be called because “physics_parent.get_class()” wouldn’t get the custom class. Is there a way to fix this so the match statement works?
You can use the is keyword to check if an object is a class or a sub-class of a certain type, here’s an example:
class MainClass:
pass
class SubClass extends MainClass:
pass
var main = MainClass.new()
var sub = SubClass.new()
print(main is MainClass) # true
print(sub is SubClass) # true,
print(main is SubClass) # false, 'main' does not extend 'SubClass'
print(sub is MainClass) # true, 'sub' is a sub-class of 'MainClass'
Here’s how it could be used to replace your match statement:
func check_physics_parent() -> void:
if physics_parent is CharacterBody2D:
print("I'm characterBody2D");
elif physics_parent is RigidBody2D:
print("I'm RigidBody2D");
elif physics_parent is FunkyPhysicsClass2D:
print("I'm FunkyPhysicsClass2D");
else:
print("I'm most likely 'null'");
oh, that’s perfect! Thank you for your help a_world_of_madness!
