How do you check for the type of variable in Elixir

Question

In Elixir how do you check for type such as in Python:

>>> a = \"test\"
>>> type(a)

>>> b =10
>>> type(b         


        

Answer 1

Also for debugging purposes, if you're not in iex, you can call it directly:

IEx.Info.info(5)
=> ["Data type": "Integer", "Reference modules": "Integer"]