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.

Examples

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