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Re: How to check variable type? [message #40517 is a reply to message #40504]

Fri, 13 August 2004 18:26

Kenneth P. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000

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In article <512b0d8b.0408131520.46e68fbd@posting.google.com>,
biophys@gmail.com (biophysics) wrote:

> Hi, guys
>
> I want to write a function that processes data very differently
> according to the type. But How do I check the type inline? I couldn't
> find any clue by a quick look through the function list. Can anybody
> give me some hints?
>
> thanks!

You mean it isn't obvious that you use SIZE to get the variable type?

CASE (SIZE(var, /TNAME) OF
'UNDEFINED' : ...
'BYTE' : ...
.
.
.
ELSE : ...
ENDCASE

To make it more obscure, you can use type codes instead of type names.
;-)

Regards, Ken Bowman

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