What is the best way to check the type of a Scala variable? [duplicate]

Question

Is there a simple way to determine if a variable is a list, dictionary, or something else? Basically I am getting an object back that may be either type and I need to be able to tell the difference.

In Python, we have "Type()", "Typeof()" that

scala> val c: String = "Hello world"

Is there any way to determine : Typeof(c) to print : String

Answer 1

I believe you can just use:

c.getClass