TypeName - function of language VBScript

Description:

Returns a string containing data type information about a variable.
In the PROMOTIC system it is better to use the Pm.GetVarType method.

Syntax:

String TypeName(Variant var)

Parameters:

var	(Variant) any variable

Return value:

"Byte" - Byte value (1 byte)

"Integer" - integer value (2 bytes)

"Long" - integer value (4 bytes)

"Single" - Single-precision real number (4 bytes)

"Double" - Double-precision real number (8 bytes)

"Date" - time and/or date

"String" - Text string value

"Boolean" - Boolean value (true or false)

"Empty" - unitialized

"Null" - no valid data

"Object" - generic object

"Unknown" - Unknown object type

"Nothing" - object variable that doesn't yet refer to an object instance

Example:

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Dim sType, ArrayVar(
3), NullVar

NullVar = Null

sType = TypeName("VBScript")
  ' Returns "String"

sType = TypeName(4)
  ' Returns "Integer"

sType = TypeName(37.50)
  ' Returns "Double"

sType = TypeName(Null)
  ' Returns "Null"

sType = TypeName(ArrayVar)
  ' Returns "Variant"