a type for real numbers

Hello everyone.

is there a Maple type for real numbers (i.e. non-complex numeric
values such as sqrt(2))?

i tried
type(sqrt(2), numeric);
false
why "false", isn't sqrt(2) a numeric value?

type(sqrt(2), constant);
true
ok, but this is true for all constants including complex values

type(I, constant);
true

Thanks much for your help.

M. anhal

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