llGetInventoryType

integer llGetInventoryType(string InventoryItem)

Returns the type of the named inventory item.

Like all inventory functions, llGetInventoryType is case-sensitive.

Parameters

InventoryItem (string)

Technical Details

Return Type: integer
Energy: 10

List all inventory items with their types

This example iterates through all items in the prim’s inventory and displays each item’s name and type:

string get_type_info(integer inputInteger)
{
    if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_TEXTURE)
        return "INVENTORY_TEXTURE";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_SOUND)
        return "INVENTORY_SOUND";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_LANDMARK)
        return "INVENTORY_LANDMARK";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_CLOTHING)
        return "INVENTORY_CLOTHING";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_OBJECT)
        return "INVENTORY_OBJECT";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_NOTECARD)
        return "INVENTORY_NOTECARD";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_SCRIPT)
        return "INVENTORY_SCRIPT";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_BODYPART)
        return "INVENTORY_BODYPART";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_ANIMATION)
        return "INVENTORY_ANIMATION";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_GESTURE)
        return "INVENTORY_GESTURE";

    else if (inputInteger == INVENTORY_SETTING)
        return "INVENTORY_SETTING";

    else
        return "inventory type unknown";
}

default
{
    touch_start(integer num_detected)
    {
        integer totalItems = llGetInventoryNumber(INVENTORY_ALL);

        integer index;
        while (index < totalItems)
        {
            string itemName = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_ALL, index);
            integer type = llGetInventoryType(itemName);

            // PUBLIC_CHANNEL has the integer value 0
            llSay(PUBLIC_CHANNEL,
                "'" + itemName + "' (" + get_type_info(type) + ")");

            ++index;
        }
    }
}

Helpers

Case-insensitive inventory lookup

This utility function finds an item by name regardless of case and validates its type:

string InventoryName(string name, integer type)
{ // finds an item in a case insensitive fashion of the given type and returns its true name.
    integer a = llGetInventoryType(name);
    if(!~a) // a == INVENTORY_NONE
    { // it should be noted that INVENTORY_NONE == INVENTORY_ALL == -1; which is why '!~a' works.
        string lc_name = llToLower(name);
        a = llGetInventoryNumber(type);
        while(a)
        { // (a = ~-a) is equivalent to --a, but runs faster.
            if(llToLower(name = llGetInventoryName(type, a = ~-a)) == lc_name)
            { // we found a match ^_^
                return name;
            }
        }
    }
    else if((a == type) ^ (!~type)) // return name, as long as a == type or type == INVENTORY_ALL
    { // we already know that a != INVENTORY_NONE, but just in case we use xor instead of or.
        return name;
    }
    return ""; // no match ~_~
}

integer InventoryExists(string name, integer type)
{ // only included to show how this type of check could be done if the value of 'type' is not constant and could be INVENTORY_ALL.
    return (llGetInventoryType(name) == type) ^ (!~type);
} // Since INVENTORY_ALL == INVENTORY_NONE, the extra part on the end is required to invert the result.

Notes

Returns INVENTORY_NONE if the named item does not exist (no errors or messages are generated), making this function ideal for testing the existence of a certain item in inventory
This function is case-sensitive—item names must match exactly, including capitalization
Useful for determining inventory type before performing type-specific operations

llGetInventoryType

List all inventory items with their types

Helpers

Case-insensitive inventory lookup

Notes

See Also