Name

TypeName Function

Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information

Syntax

TypeName(varname)
varname

Use: Required

Type: String literal

Name of a variable

Return Value

String

Description

Returns a string giving data type information about varname. The possible return values are:

String returned

Variable contents

Boolean

8-bit True or False value type

Byte

8-bit binary value type

Char

16-bit character value type

Date

64-bit date and time value type

DBNull

Reference type indicating missing or nonexistent data

Decimal

96-bit fixed point numeric value type

Double

64-bit floating point numeric value type

Error

Error object

Integer

32-bit integer value type

Long

64-bit integer value type

Nothing

Object variable with no object currently assigned to it, uninitialized string, or undimensioned array

Object

Reference type pointing to an unspecialized object

Short

16-bit integer value type

Single

32-bit floating point numeric value type

String

Reference type pointing to a string of 16-bit characters

< objectclass >

Reference type pointing to a specialized object created from class < objectclass >

< structure >

A variable created from a structure or user-defined type named structure

< typename >( )

Dimensioned array

Rules at a Glance

  • If varname is declared as type Object, it returns the data subtype that has been assigned to it.

  • varname returns the data type name of all value types. It returns Nothing for uninitialized reference ...

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