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gettextvalue

gettextvalue


Purpose
Get string contained within basicvalue, as a text
Synopsis
function xreflect~gettextvalue( bv:xreflect~basicvalue ):text
Argument
bv 
The basicvalue to query
Return value
The string value from the basicvalue
Example
The following:
myval := basicvalue('hello')
writeln('textvalue=',myval.textvalue) 
produces this output:
textvalue=hello
Further information
If the referenced basicvalue does not contain a string, a reasonable type conversion will be applied.
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