openCVMatTypeCheck.cpp

string openCVType2str(int type) {
  string r;

  uchar depth = type & CV_MAT_DEPTH_MASK;
  uchar chans = 1 + (type >> CV_CN_SHIFT);

  switch ( depth ) {
    case CV_8U:  r = "8U"; break;
    case CV_8S:  r = "8S"; break;
    case CV_16U: r = "16U"; break;
    case CV_16S: r = "16S"; break;
    case CV_32S: r = "32S"; break;
    case CV_32F: r = "32F"; break;
    case CV_64F: r = "64F"; break;
    default:     r = "User"; break;
  }

  r += "C";
  r += (chans+'0');

  return r;
}

int main(){

  //Your matrix here
  Mat M;
  
  string ty =  openCVType2str( M.type() );
  printf("Matrix: %s %dx%d \n", ty.c_str(), M.cols, M.rows );
  
}