Name
TypeName Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information
Synopsis
TypeName(varname
)
varname
required; String literalName 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 |
|
8-bit |
|
8-bit binary value type |
|
16-bit character value type |
|
64-bit date and time value type |
|
Reference type indicating missing or nonexistent data |
|
96-bit fixed point numeric value type |
|
64-bit floating point numeric value type |
|
|
|
32-bit integer value type |
|
64-bit integer value type |
|
Object variable with no object currently assigned to it, uninitialized string, or undimensioned array |
|
Reference type pointing to an unspecialized object |
|
16-bit integer value type |
|
32-bit floating point numeric value type |
|
Reference type pointing to a string of 16-bit characters |
< |
Reference type pointing to a specialized object created from class
|
< |
A variable created from a structure or user-defined type named
|
< |
Dimensioned array |
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