At 04:44 PM 10/6/2008, Jacob A. Wegelin wrote:
I would like to check for type of variable (string, numeric, etc) in
a program, and then take action on the basis of the type. [...]
How about...
local typ: type varname
then test whether substr("`typ'" , 1, 3) == "str"
You can be more concise by compressing this into one expression:
substr("`:type varname'" , 1, 3) == "str"
And of course, substitute `1' for varname in your program.
HTH
--David
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