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|             TYPE()              |
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TYPE(<expC>)

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Returns one character describing the data type of an expression.
Return value - Character
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<expC>
        Character expression.  Its contents are evaluated and the appropriate
data type is returned.  Note that variable names must be surrounded by
quotation marks. (e.g., if "fred" is a numeric variable, TYPE("FRED")
returns "N").

<expC>                  Character Returned
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Character string                C

Numeric (also float)    N

Date                                    D

Logical                                 L

Memo                                    M

Undefined type                  U

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USE customer
? TYPE('customer.contact')

? TYPE('(12 * 3) + 4')

? TYPE('DATE()')

? TYPE('.F. OR .T.')

? TYPE('customer.comments')

? TYPE('ANSWER=42')

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See Also:  EVALUATE(), .  TYPE() and EVALUATE()

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