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Hi Gang,

I would like to know what function returns the data type of a particular

variable. I'm already familiar with isArray, but haven't had much

experience with the function that returns the data type. Can somebody

provide an example following this template:

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If ?(strWhatever) = "String" Then

etc...

End if

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Thanks a bundle,

Christian Blackburn


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Look up VarType Function in the help files (in order to see the lengthy list

of possible return values).



Rick - MVP





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In addition to TypeName and VarType, there's also the TypeOf

statement, which works for object types. For instance:



If TypeOf theObjRef Is Form Then

MsgBox "Hey, I'm a Form"

End If





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Dear Rick, Eduardo, and Monte,

Thank you all very much for the hell I'll research these function they all

will undoubtedly be of use to me.

Cheers,

Christian





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