Determine numeric types programmatically?

[victorf]

Is there any reasonable way to determine a numeric's type programmatically

I would like to be able to write a general purpose routine that could handle any numeric. So I would like to test for it something like:

A = Typeof(num)

where A might be 0 for byte, 1 for integer, 2 for Unsigned integer, etc. Is there any way to do this

Any enlightenment will be appreciated.

Vic

[dkinzer]

There is no way to determine the type of a value or parameter currently. With the current language design, it isn't necessary in most circumstances. If/when VarType parameters to procedures is implemented, then TypeOf() becomes useful/necessary.

Of course, I may have misunderstood the intent of your question. What is it that you're trying to accomplish?

[stevech]

May I add - ZBasic is strongly typed - so you must declare the type of each parameter passed to a sub or function, and declare if this is by reference or by value.

So - it seems rare that you'd need or want a typeof()

[victorf]

What I am attempting to do is write a sub/function that can handle a variable of any type:

[dkinzer]

I agree that it is awkward to handle multiple data types. Currently, however, that is the only way it can be done. The difference is that of being able to determine the type of a variable at compile-time versus doing so at run-time. The former is fairly simple to do. The latter requires that type information be passed along with the variable so that it can be used at run-time.

I haven't yet looked into what it will take to implement VarType but I'm assuming that at least one extra byte of space will have to be used to hold the type information in addition to that used for the variable's data.

[victorf]

dkinzer wrote: