DATATYPE Data Type

Description

The legal values of the DATATYPE type are the names of data types, for example INTEGER and BOOLEAN. The return value from the TypeOf function is of type DATATYPE.

The following data types are available:
  • NULL

    User defined Types (enums, records, etc.)

  • DATATYPE
  • DATACLASS
  • BOOLEAN
  • INTEGER, INT
  • CHAR
  • SHORT
  • LONG
  • UNSIGNED CHAR
  • UNSIGNED SHORT
  • UNSIGNED INT
  • UNSIGNED LONG
  • REAL
  • FLOAT
  • DOUBLE
  • STRING
  • HANDLE
  • SEMAPHORE
  • GUITYPE
  • BROWSER
  • DATETIME
  • DATE
  • TIME
  • ANYTYPE
  • NUMBER
  • WINDOW
  • LIST OF <type>, for example LIST OF STRING.
    Note: LIST OF LIST OF <type> is treated as LIST OF ANYTYPE.
  • User defined types, for example enums, records, and so on.

For additional information, see Type Cast Operator.