FIELDTYPE()

Determines the type of a given field.

Syntax

FIELDTYPE(<nFieldNum>) --> cFieldType

Arguments

<nFieldNum> Data field , which type need to be determined.

Returns

FIELDTYPE() returns the character that designates the type of a given field:

'C'	character string;
'N'	numeric;
'L'	logical;
'D'	date;
'M'	memo.

Description

This function determines the type of a field, designated by its number.

      FUNCTION Main()
      LOCAL i
      USE Tests NEW
      FOR i = 1 TO FCOUNT()
        ? FieldType( i )
      NEXT
      USE
      RETURN NIL

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is CA-CLIPPER tools compatible

Files

Library is libmisc

See Also

• FIELDSIZE()
• FIELDDECI()