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.

Examples

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