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Guessing variable type

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:19 pm
by MaxV
Hi again,
I read that there are the is a ... operator to guess is variable is a:
  • array
  • boolean
  • color
  • date
  • integer
  • number
  • point
  • rect
but is there an operator that return directly what type of variable is? Like:

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put 3 into temp
type? temp
and return number! :-D

Re: Guessing variable type

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:31 pm
by Klaus
Hi Max,

no, there isn't.


Best

Klaus

Re: Guessing variable type

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:05 am
by shaosean
You could always write a function to do it..

Re: Guessing variable type

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:18 am
by MaxV
Ok, I tried this:

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function type? var
   if var is an array then
      return "array!"
   end if
   if var is a boolean then
      return "boolean!"
   end if 
   if var is an integer then      
      return "integer!"
   end if
   if var is a number then
      return "number!"
   end if
   if var is a point then
      return "point!"
   end if
   if var is a rect then
      return "rect!"
   end if
     if var is a color then
      return "color!"
   end if
      if var is a date then
      return "date!"
   end if
end type?
But how can I discriminate between string and date?

Re: Guessing variable type

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:00 am
by shaosean
if it is a date, then it is not a string ;-)