Evaluates an expression and returns the data type of its contents.
Syntax
TYPE(cExpression)
Returns
Character
Arguments
cExpression
Specifies the expression to be evaluated, which can be a variable, field, memo field, or any other expression. The expression must be passed as a character string; place quotation marks around the names of memory variables, fields, and so on. If you do not place quotation marks around the expression, the TYPE( ) function returns "U" (undefined expression).
Remarks
The following table lists the character values TYPE( ) returns and their corresponding data types:
| Data type | Character returned |
| Character | C |
| Numeric (also float, double, and integer) | N |
| Currency | Y |
| Date | D |
| DateTime | T |
| Logical | L |
| Memo | M |
| Object | O |
| General | G |
| Screen (created with SAVE SCREEN) | S |
| Undefined type of expression | U |