Visual Basic Scripting Edition  

TypeName Function

Returns a string that provides Variant subtype information about a variable.

TypeName(varname)

The required varname argument can be any variable.

Return Values

The TypeName function has the following return values:

Value Description
Byte Byte value
Integer Integer value
Long Long integer value
Single Single-precision floating-point value
Double Double-precision floating-point value
Currency Currency value
Decimal Decimal value
Date Date or time value
String Character string value
Boolean Boolean value; True or False
Empty Unitialized
Null No valid data
<object type> Actual type name of an object
Object Generic object
Unknown Unknown object type
Nothing Object variable that doesn't yet refer to an object instance
Error Error

Remarks

The following example uses the TypeName function to return information about a variable:

Dim ArrayVar(4), MyType
NullVar = Null   ' Assign Null value.

MyType = TypeName("VBScript")   ' Returns "String".
MyType = TypeName(4)            ' Returns "Integer".
MyType = TypeName(37.50)        ' Returns "Double".
MyType = TypeName(NullVar)      ' Returns "Null".
MyType = TypeName(ArrayVar)     ' Returns "Variant()".

Requirements

Version 2

See Also

IsArray Function | IsDate Function | IsEmpty Function | IsNull Function | IsNumeric Function | IsObject Function | VarType Function