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getvaluetype

getvaluetype

Purpose
Query the type of the value(s) that can be stored in an entity
Synopsis
function xreflect~getvaluetype(entityname:string):string
Argument
entityname 
The name of the public entity to query
Return value
 
The value type, equal to one of the following constants:
XREFLECT_TYP_BOOL 
boolean value
XREFLECT_TYP_INT 
integer value
XREFLECT_TYP_REAL 
real value
XREFLECT_TYP_STRING 
string value
XREFLECT_TYP_UNSUPPORTED 
a value type not supported by xreflect
XREFLECT_NOT_FOUND 
entityname was not found in the dictionary
Example
The following: 
public declarations
  myvar: string,
  myarr: array(range) of real
end-declarations
writeln('myvar=',getvaluetype('myvar'))
writeln('myarr=',getvaluetype('myarr'))
produces this output: 
myvar=string
myarr=real
Further information
1. The value type of an entity is the type of the values it can contain. For example, the value type of an array of integer is XREFLECT_TYP_INT.
2. If the specified entity name cannot be found, the function will return XREFLECT_NOT_FOUND.
Related topics
getstructtype, getindexsettypes

Parent Topic Accessing Entities

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