VALTYPE()

Retrieves the data type of an expression

Syntax

VALTYPE( <xExp> ) --> <cReturnType>

Arguments

<xExp> is any valid expression.

Returns

<cReturnType> a character indicating the type of the passed expression.

Description

This function returns one character which represents the date type of the argument.

      See Test
Tests
      function Test()
         ? ValType( Array( 1 ) )  --> "A"
         ? ValType( {|| 1 + 1 } ) --> "B"
         ? ValType( "HARBOUR" )   --> "C"
         ? ValType( Date() )      --> "D"
         ? ValType( .T. )         --> "L"
         ? ValType( 1 )           --> "N"
         ? ValType( TBrowse() )   --> "O"
         ? ValType( NIL )         --> "U"
      return nil

Status

Ready

Compliance

VALTYPE() is fully CA-Clipper compliant.

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• TYPE()