NBT Type Identifier

A datapack that can identify the type of NBT data from user input.
Possible types that can be identified are:

• Byte
• Short
• Int
• Long
• Float
• Double
• List
• String
• Compound
• Byte Array
• Int Array
• Long Array

See also: Minecraft NBT TAG definitions

Compatibility info

• Namespace: typeid
• Scorespace: typeid
• Incompatibilities: none

How to use

1. Use the typeid:args storage to input the data that you want to identify the type of. Input the data using data modify storage typeid:args Data set ....
2. Call the function typeid:get_type using function type_id:get_type.
3. The results of the function will be stored in the typeid:result storage (for more info, see Function output below). The ID of the type is stored in the TypeID field and a stringified version of the ID is stored in the TypeStr field. The ID of the identified type is also stored in the #typeid.type_id typeid.var fakeplayer score.

Function output

The type IDs correspond to the TAG definitions on the wiki. Below is a table of the TypeIDs and their corresponding TypeStr used in this datapack.

TypeID	TypeStr
1	Byte
2	Short
3	Int
4	Long
5	Float
6	Double
7	Byte Array
8	String
9	List
10	Compound
11	Int Array
12	Long Array