---
type: "fhirpath-function"
title: "FHIRPath Function: type"
function: "type"
category: "Reflection"
section: "10.2.2"
source: "fhirpath/functions.json"
---
# FHIRPath Function: type
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## Summary
- **Category**: Reflection
- **Section**: `10.2.2`
- **Return Type**: `collection`
- **Empty Input Result**: `empty`
- **Errors on Multiple Input**: `false`
## Description
Returns the type information for each element of the input collection, using concrete subtypes of `TypeInfo`. For primitive types such as `String` and `Integer`, the result is a `SimpleTypeInfo`. For complex types, the result is a `ClassInfo`.
## Arguments
- none
## Type Mapping
- `Any-Any`
## Example
```fhirpath
('John' | 'Mary').type()
// { SimpleTypeInfo { namespace: 'System', name: 'String', baseType: 'System.Any' }, SimpleTypeInfo { namespace: 'System', name: 'String', baseType: 'System.Any' } }
```