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31*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0">
32*cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta>
33*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03103600xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">TypeName Function; VarType Function[Runtime]</title>
35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03103600.xhp</filename>
36*cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic>
37*cdf0e10cSrcweir<history>
38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-12-15T10:34:49">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
40*cdf0e10cSrcweir</history>
41*cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta>
42*cdf0e10cSrcweir<body>
43*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="typename">
44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3143267"><bookmark_value>TypeName function</bookmark_value>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>VarType function</bookmark_value>
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103600.xhp" name="TypeName Function; VarType Function[Runtime]">TypeName Function; VarType Function[Runtime]</link></paragraph>
48*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159157" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns a string (TypeName) or a numeric value (VarType) that contains information for a variable.</paragraph>
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir</section>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153825" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">TypeName (Variable)VarType (Variable)</paragraph>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145610" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String; Integer</paragraph>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146795" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Variable:</emph> The variable that you want to determine the type of. You can use the following values:</paragraph>
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3153362">
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">key word</paragraph>
61*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">VarType</paragraph>
64*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
66*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Variable type</paragraph>
67*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
68*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
69*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
70*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Boolean</paragraph>
72*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
73*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153367" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">11</paragraph>
75*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
76*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
77*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Boolean variable</paragraph>
78*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
79*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
80*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
81*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
82*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Date</paragraph>
83*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
84*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
85*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">7</paragraph>
86*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
87*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
88*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Date variable</paragraph>
89*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
90*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
91*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
92*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
93*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Double</paragraph>
94*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
95*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
96*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">5</paragraph>
97*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
98*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
99*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148616" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Double floating point variable</paragraph>
100*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
101*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
102*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
103*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
104*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Integer</paragraph>
105*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
106*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
107*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">2</paragraph>
108*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
109*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
110*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154490" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Integer variable</paragraph>
111*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
112*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
113*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
114*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
115*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Long</paragraph>
116*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
117*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
118*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154513" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">3</paragraph>
119*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
120*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
121*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Long integer variable</paragraph>
122*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
123*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
124*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
125*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
126*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Object</paragraph>
127*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
128*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
129*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154482" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">9</paragraph>
130*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
131*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
132*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Object variable</paragraph>
133*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
134*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
135*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
136*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
137*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Single</paragraph>
138*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
139*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
140*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149020" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">4</paragraph>
141*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
142*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
143*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Single floating-point variable</paragraph>
144*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
145*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
146*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
147*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
148*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">String</paragraph>
149*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
150*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
151*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">8</paragraph>
152*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
153*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
154*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">String variable</paragraph>
155*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
156*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
157*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
158*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
159*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145149" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Variant</paragraph>
160*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
161*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
162*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">12</paragraph>
163*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
164*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
165*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145789" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Variant variable (can contain all types specified by the definition)</paragraph>
166*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
167*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
168*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
169*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
170*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148630" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Empty</paragraph>
171*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
172*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
173*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152584" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">0</paragraph>
174*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
175*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
176*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151278" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Variable is not initialized</paragraph>
177*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
178*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
179*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow>
180*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
181*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Null</paragraph>
182*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
183*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
184*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">1</paragraph>
185*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
186*cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
187*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">No valid data</paragraph>
188*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell>
189*cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow>
190*cdf0e10cSrcweir</table>
191*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/>
192*cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/>
193*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149338" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="45">Example:</paragraph>
194*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Sub ExampleType</paragraph>
195*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Dim iVar As Integer</paragraph>
196*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150089" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
197*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156139" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49">Dim siVar As Single</paragraph>
198*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Dim dVar As Double</paragraph>
199*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">Dim bVar As Boolean</paragraph>
200*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152992" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Dim lVar As Long</paragraph>
201*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155509" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">Msgbox TypeName(iVar) &amp; " " &amp; VarType(iVar) &amp; Chr(13) &amp;_</paragraph>
202*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="54">TypeName(sVar) &amp; " " &amp; VarType(sVar) &amp; Chr(13) &amp;_</paragraph>
203*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155532" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">TypeName(siVar) &amp; " " &amp; VarType(siVar) &amp; Chr(13) &amp;_</paragraph>
204*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152988" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">TypeName(dVar) &amp; " " &amp; VarType(dVar) &amp; Chr(13) &amp;_</paragraph>
205*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156166" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">TypeName(bVar) &amp; " " &amp; VarType(bVar) &amp; Chr(13) &amp;_</paragraph>
206*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">TypeName(lVar) &amp; " " &amp; VarType(lVar),0,"Some types in $[officename] Basic"</paragraph>
207*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154259" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">end Sub</paragraph>
208*cdf0e10cSrcweir</body>
209*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>
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