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TypeName Function

Returns a String that provides information about a variable.

TypeName(varname)

The required varname argument is an Object containing any variable except a variable of a user-defined type.

Remarks

The string returned by TypeName can be any one of the following:

String returned Variable
object type An object whose type is objecttype
Byte Byte value
Integer Integer
Long Long integer
Single Single-precision floating-point number
Double Double-precision floating-point number
Decimal Decimal value
Date Date value
String String
Boolean Boolean value
Error An error value
Empty Uninitialized
Null No valid data
Object An object
Unknown An object whose type is unknown
Nothing Object variable that doesn't refer to an object

If varname is an array, the returned string can be any one of the possible returned strings (orObject) with empty parentheses appended. For example, if varname is an array of integers, TypeName returns "Integer()".

See Also

Example

Data Type Summary | IsArray Function | IsDate Function | IsEmpty Function | IsError Function | IsNull Function | IsNumeric Function | IsObject Function