MC-Basic:TYPEOF

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This function returns a number representing the type of the string (0 for no-type, 1 for ASCII-8, or 2 for UTF-8).

Syntax

TYPEOF(<string>)

Availability

Avilable since version 4.5.10

Type

<string>: String
<return value>: Long

Range

<string>: string

<return value>: 0, 1, 2

Scope

Configuration, Task or Terminal

Limitations

Read only

Examples

?TYPEOF(“…”)                         ‘ returns 0

?TYPEOF(TOASCII8$(“…”))       ‘ returns 1

?TYPEOF(TOUTF8$(“…”))         ‘ returns 2

See Also

• COMMON SHARED ... AS LONG or DOUBLE or STRING or STRING OF UTF8
• TOASCII8$
• TOUTF8$