TYPENAME                                                            Function

TYPENAME(variable)

Description

TYPENAME returns a string specifying the type of a variable. The required parameter, variable, is any variable.

Table 24: TYPENAME return values

Return value	Description
Boolean	Boolean value
Byte	Byte value
Currency	Currency value
Date	Date value
Decimal	Decimal value
Double	Double-precision floating-point value
Empty	Uninitialized
Error	An error value
Integer	Integer value
Long	Long integer value
Nothing	Object variable that doesn't contain an object reference
Null	No valid value
Object	Generic object
Oobjecttype	An object of type objecttype
Single	Single-precision floating-point value
String	String value
Unknown	Unknown
Variant()	Array

 

Example

REM TYPENAME Example

'TYPENAME returns variable type as a string

DIM nInteger, nSingle

nInteger = CINT(44)

PRINT 44 & " is a/an " & TYPENAME(nInteger)

nSingle = CSNG(99.44)

PRINT 99.44 & " is a/an " & TYPENAME(nSingle)

Output

44 is a/an Integer

99.44 is a/an Single

Related Items

ISARRAY, ISDATE, ISEMPTY, ISNULL, ISNUMERIC, ISOBJECT, VARTYPE