VarType Function

Used to determine the data type of a variable.

Syntax

result = VarType( value )


Parameters

value

Variant

Value to be typed.



Notes

Result takes on the following values:

ResultDescription
0 Nil
2 Integer
5 Double or Single
7 Date
8 String
9 Object
11 Boolean
16 Color

Please note that some earlier versions of REALbasic returned 13 for Object.


Example

The following line of code returns 8 (data type of String):

EditField1.text= Str(VarType("Herman"))

See Also

Variant class, Boolean, Color, Double, Integer, Single, String data types; IsNumeric function.