GetParType()

GetParMax

Description

GetParType() is used to retrieve the "type" of the provided identifier.

Call Signature

string GetParType ( string target_parm )

Return Value

string

The return value for variables of intrinsic types, functions, or parameters will be a "type string" (see Remarks). The return value for variables of derived types will be the name of the user defined type.

Argument

string target_parm:

Identifier being queried. This must be the name of the parameter, variable, type, class, or function and cannot be an expression of any kind.

Remarks

Type strings:


  "C":         A character parameter.
  "N":         A numeric parameter.
  "STRING:     A string variable.
  "MSTRING:    A multi-line string variable.
  "INTRINSIC": An intrinsic function.
  "FUNCTION":  A user defined function.
  "INTEGER":   An integer variable.
  "FLOAT":     A float variable.
  "DOUBLE":    A double precision variable.
  "BYTE":      A eight bit unsigned byte variable.
  "CHAR":      A character variable.

Historically this identifier was only a parameter but within EASI GetParType has been extended to operate on many types of EASI identifiers.

Deprecated

Use PRMGetType()