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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">TypeName Function; VarType Function</title>
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<section id="typename">
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<bookmark_value>TypeName function</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>VarType function</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Basic Variable Type constants</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3143267"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03103600.xhp" name="TypeName Function; VarType Function">TypeName Function; VarType Function</link></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3159157" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Returns text or a numeric value that contain type information for a variable.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3155341" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">TypeName (Varname As Variant) As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155342" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">VarType (Varname As Variant) As Integer</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id591667555032629" role="listitem">Text for <literal>TypeName</literal> suffixed with '()' for arrays.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id371667555034757" role="listitem">Integer for <literal>VarType</literal>. <literal>8192</literal> is added to the returned value for arrays.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3148664" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Varname</emph>: The variable name that you want to determine the type of.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id461667489910930">The following values are returned:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3145171" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">TypeName<br/>values</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id051620170608269696" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Named<br/>constant</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3156212" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">VarType<br/>values</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154684" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Variable type</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="2"><paragraph id="par_id401667566896518" role="paragraph" localize="false">…()</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id561667566907413" role="paragraph" localize="false">8192</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id501667566908366" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Array</literal> of variables</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3153367" role="paragraph" localize="false">11</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3253367" role="paragraph" localize="false">17</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3158645" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Byte</literal> variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3153138" role="paragraph" localize="false">Date</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id051620170608329367" role="paragraph" localize="false">V_DATE</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3153363" role="paragraph" localize="false">7</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3155411" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Date</literal> variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id051620170608331783" role="paragraph" localize="false">Currency</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id051620170608333476" role="paragraph" localize="false">V_CURRENCY</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id051620170608333808" role="paragraph" localize="false">6</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id051620170608331416" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Currency</literal> variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3146975" role="paragraph" localize="false">Double</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3148616" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Double-precision floating-point variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell colspan="2"><paragraph id="par_id401657666896518" role="paragraph" localize="false">Error</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id566617566907413" role="paragraph" localize="false">11</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id501666576908366" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Error type variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3148457" role="paragraph" localize="false">Integer</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id05162017060833922" role="paragraph" localize="false">V_INTEGER</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3145647" role="paragraph" localize="false">2</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3154490" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Integer</literal> variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3149960" role="paragraph" localize="false">Long</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id051620170608332124" role="paragraph" localize="false">V_LONG</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3154513" role="paragraph" localize="false">3</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3151318" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Long</literal> integer variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell colspan="2"><paragraph id="par_id3146972" role="paragraph" localize="false">Object</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3154482" role="paragraph" localize="false">9</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3150323" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Object</literal> variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3148405" role="paragraph" localize="false">Single</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3149020" role="paragraph" localize="false">4</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3147341" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Single-precision floating-point variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3155901" role="paragraph" localize="false">String</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3155960" role="paragraph" localize="false">8</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3146313" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>String</literal> variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell colspan="2"><paragraph id="par_id3145149" role="paragraph" localize="false">Variant</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3154021" role="paragraph" localize="false">12</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3145789" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>Variant</literal> variable (can contain all types specified by the definition)</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3148630" role="paragraph" localize="false">Empty</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id051620170608331395" role="paragraph" localize="false">V_EMPTY</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3152584" role="paragraph" localize="false">0</paragraph></tablecell>
<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3151278" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Uninitialized <literal>Variant</literal> variable</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3154576" role="paragraph" localize="false">Null</paragraph></tablecell>
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<tablecell><paragraph id="par_id3166424" role="paragraph" localize="false">1</paragraph></tablecell>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340870070" role="bascode" localize="false">Sub TypeName_VarType_example</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340868768" role="bascode" localize="false"> Const __Object=9, __Error=10, __Boolean=11, __Variant=12, __Byte=17, _</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340863840" role="bascode" localize="false"> __Array = 8192, aText = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur …"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340862608" role="bascode" localize="false"> Dim int16 As Integer, int32() As Long ' V_INTEGER, V_LONG</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051620170608333887" role="bascode" localize="false"> Dim flt32!, flt64() As Double ' V_SINGLE, V_DOUBLE</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051620170608333925" role="bascode" localize="false"> Dim curr@, dat3 As Date ' V_CURRENCY, V_DATE</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id871667494989338" localize="false"> Dim strng() As String, objct() As Object ' V_STRING, …</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id971667494996761" localize="false"> Dim bool As Boolean, unkwn(), byt3 As Byte ' …, V_EMPTY, …</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id971667949496761" localize="false"> Dim table(-3 To 5)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340861376" role="bascode" localize="false"> MsgBox _</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340860032" role="bascode" localize="false"> TypeName(int16) &" "& Vartype(int16) &" "& V_INTEGER &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id841667495736985" localize="false"> TypeName(int32) &" "& Vartype(int32) &" "& V_LONG+__Array &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id621667495663321" localize="false"> TypeName(flt32) &" "& VarType(flt32) &" "& V_SINGLE &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id661667495665110" localize="false"> TypeName(flt64) &" "& VarType(flt64) &" "& V_DOUBLE+__Array &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340858736" role="bascode" localize="false"> TypeName(dat3) &" "& VarType(dat3) &" "& V_DATE &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340857424" role="bascode" localize="false"> TypeName(curr) &" "& VarType(curr) &" "& V_CURRENCY &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340856128" role="bascode" localize="false"> TypeName(atext) &" "& VarType(aText) &" "& V_STRING &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051620170608339345" role="bascode" localize="false"> TypeName(strng) &" "& VarType(strng) &" "& V_STRING+__Array &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051620170608347372" role="bascode" localize="false"> TypeName(objct) &" "& VarType(objct) &" "& __Object+__Array &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id051620160708347372" role="bascode" localize="false"> TypeName(unkwn) &" "& VarType(unkwn) &" "& V_EMPTY &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id41667495466465" localize="false"> TypeName(bool) &" "& VarType(bool) &" "& __Boolean &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id781667495510795" localize="false"> TypeName(varnt) &" "& VarType(varnt) &" "& V_EMPTY &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id161867491557562" localize="false"> TypeName(table) &" "& VarType(table) &" "&__Variant+__Array &" "& Chr(13) &_</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id181667495517562" localize="false"> TypeName(byt3) &" "& VarType(byt3) &" "& __Byte _</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148817" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> ,, "Data types in $[officename] Basic"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id321667571151683" localize="false"> Msgbox "TypeName(table): "&TypeName(table) &Chr(13)& _</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id731667571152620" localize="false"> "VarType(table)="&Vartype(table) _</paragraph>
<paragraph role="bascode" id="bas_id191667571153141" xml-lang="en-US"> ,,"Array of Variant values"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340952896" role="bascode" localize="false">End Sub ' TypeName_VarType_example</paragraph>
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