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Re: st: Function that returns variable type (string, etc.)?

From	Richard Goldstein <[email protected]>
To	[email protected]
Subject	Re: st: Function that returns variable type (string, etc.)?
Date	Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:16:41 -0500

try looking up "type" under extended macro functions (under macro)

Rich

Rachel wrote:

I'm looking for a function that returns the type of a given variable.
Specifically, I'd like to know if each variable in a list is a string
or not.

This seems fairly obvious, but I couldn't find it in the documentation
under "Format" or any of the related entries.

Thanks,
Rachel

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