[Dev-C++] How to test type of variable?? Newb question

[Chris I. <chr...@li...>]

Hello all.... 1st post here

I was hoping someone could tell me how you test the datatype of a 
variable in C++?
Like if I declare

struct ELEMENT{int key;} variable1;

OR

int variable2 = 10;

How can I type check variable1 or variable2?

I mostly write in Python and I'm looking for something like
type(variable1)                #would return the datatype of variable1
or
isinstance(variable2, int)  #would return true is variable2 is a 
instance of the int class

Thanks in advance,
Chris