TypeName Function

Syntax

TypeName[$](var)

Group

Description

Return a string indicating the type of value stored in var.

Parameters	Description
var	Return a string indicating the type of value stored in this variable.

Result	Description
Empty	Variant variable is empty. It has never been assigned a value.
Null	Variant variable is null.
Boolean	Variable contains a Boolean value.
Byte	Variable contains a Byte value.
SByte	Variable contains an SByte value.
Integer	Variable contains an Integer value.
UInteger	Variable contains an UInteger value.
Long	Variable contains a Long value.
ULong	Variable contains a ULong value.
Huge_	Variable contains a Huge_ value.
UHuge_	Variable contains a UHuge_ value.
Decimal	Variable contains a Decimal value.
Single	Variable contains a Single value.
Double	Variable contains a Double value.
Currency	Variable contains a Currency value.
Date	Variable contains a Date value.
String	Variable contains a String value.
Object	Variable contains an Object reference that is not Nothing. (An object may return a type name specific to that type of object.)
Nothing	Variable contains an Object reference that is Nothing.
Error	Variable contains a error code value.
Variant	Variable contains a variant value. (Only used for arrays of variants.)
Unknown	Variable contains a non-ActiveX Automation object reference.
( )	Variable contains an array value. The TypeName of the element followed by ( ).