The expressiontype( function determines what kind of data is generated by an expression: text, number, etc.
Parameters
This function has one parameter:formula – is the formula you want to get information about.
Description
The expressiontype( function returns a number from the following table:
| Value | Data Type |
| 0 | Text |
| 5 | Floating Point Number |
| 6 | Integer |
| 11 | Binary Data |
| -1 | Error |
Here are some simple examples:
expressiontype("hello world") ☞ 0
expressiontype(4/3) ☞ 5
expressiontype(6) ☞ 6
expressiontype(byte(6)) ☞ 11
expressiontype(sqr(6,7)) ☞ -1
To see the expressiontype( function in action in a real application, look at the custom functions perlconstant(, rubyconstant(, pythonconstant(, phpconstant( and applescriptconstant(.
See Also
History
| Version | Status | Notes |
| 10.0 | Updated | Carried over from Panorama 6.0, but now returns -1 if expression would generate an error. |