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==Purpose==
 
==Purpose==
 
Function to return a letter code that represents a data type
 
Function to return a letter code that represents a data type
 
  
 
==Syntax==
 
==Syntax==
 
TYPE(<expC>)
 
TYPE(<expC>)
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[ATOH()]], [[BIN2I()]], [[BIN2L()]], [[BIN2W()]], [[CAST()]], [[CTOD()]], [[CTOT()]], [[DTOC()]], [[DTOM()]], [[DTOS()]], [[DTOV()]], [[ERROR()]], [[ERRNO()]], [[ETOS()]], [[HTOA()]], [[I2BIN()]], [[ISALPHA()]], [[ISDIGIT()]], [[L2BIN()]], [[MESSAGE()]], [[MTOS()]], [[ON ERROR]], [[STR()]], [[STRZERO()]], [[TTOC()]], [[TTOD()]], [[VAL()]], [[VARTYPE()]], [[VTOD()]]
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[[ATOH()]], [[BIN2I()]], [[BIN2L()]], [[BIN2W()]], [[CAST()]], [[CTOD()]], [[CTOT()]], [[DTOC()]], [[DTOM()]], [[DTOS()]], [[DTOV()]], [[ERROR()]], [[ERRNO()]], [[ETOS()]], [[HTOA()]], [[I2BIN()]], [[ISALPHA()]], [[ISDIGIT()]], [[L2BIN()]], [[MESSAGE()]], [[MTOS()]], [[SET JSONBOOLEAN]], [[STR()]], [[STRZERO()]], [[TTOC()]], [[TTOD()]], [[TYPEOF()]], [[VAL()]], [[VARTYPE()]], [[VTOD()]]
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
The TYPE() function returns a letter code which represents the data type of the expression in <expC>.  The return value of the letter code is a character string from the table below.
 
The TYPE() function returns a letter code which represents the data type of the expression in <expC>.  The return value of the letter code is a character string from the table below.
  
 
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If <expC> contains a syntax error, or an undeclared variable, then TYPE() returns 'U'.  TYPE() will also return a 'U' for an undefined variable if SET CLIPPER is ON.  TYPE() is primarily used to check for the existence of a variable, or the syntax of an expression.
 
  
 
==Example==
 
==Example==
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==Products==
 
Recital, Recital Server
 
 
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Latest revision as of 05:40, 22 February 2023

Purpose

Function to return a letter code that represents a data type

Syntax

TYPE(<expC>)

See Also

ATOH(), BIN2I(), BIN2L(), BIN2W(), CAST(), CTOD(), CTOT(), DTOC(), DTOM(), DTOS(), DTOV(), ERROR(), ERRNO(), ETOS(), HTOA(), I2BIN(), ISALPHA(), ISDIGIT(), L2BIN(), MESSAGE(), MTOS(), SET JSONBOOLEAN, STR(), STRZERO(), TTOC(), TTOD(), TYPEOF(), VAL(), VARTYPE(), VTOD()

Description

The TYPE() function returns a letter code which represents the data type of the expression in <expC>. The return value of the letter code is a character string from the table below.

Data type Return Value
ARRAY (STATIC) A
ARRAY (DYNAMIC) O
BIGINT N
BIT L
BYTE N
CHARACTER C
CURRENCY Y
DATE D
DATETIME T
DECIMAL N
DOUBLE N
FLOAT N
GENERAL G
INTEGER N
LOGICAL L
LONG VARCHAR M
LONG VARBINARY G
MEDIUMINT N
MEMO M
NUMERIC N
OBJECT O
PACKED N
QUAD N
REAL N
SHORT N
SMALLINT N
Syntax error U
TEXT M
TIME C
TIMESTAMP T
TINYINT N
Undefined U
VAXDATE C
VARCHAR C
ZONED NUMERIC C

Example

i = 10
? type("i")
N