Used to determine the data type of a variable.

Syntax
result = VarType( value )

Parameters
value	Variant	Value to be typed.

Return Value
Result	Integer	Indicates the data type of value.

Notes

Result takes on the following values:

Result	Variant Class Constant	Description
0	TypeNil	Nil
2	TypeInteger	Integer types of 32 bits or less, signed or unsigned.
3	TypeLong	Int64 or UInt64
4	TypeSingle	Single
5	TypeDouble	Double
6		Currency
7	TypeDate	Date
8	TypeString	String
9	TypeObject	Object
11	TypeBoolean	Boolean
16	TypeColor	Color

Please note that some earlier versions of REALbasic returned 13 for Object.

Example

The following line of code returns 8 (data type of String):

EditField1.text= Str(VarType("Herman"))