How to Check for a given type?
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| Hello! Please excuse this probably *very* basic question, but I could not find the answer neither by reading through the online help nor by searching this forum: - how do I determine, whether a given variable is of a given type? - is there an "is" operator? Examples - a is byte - a is TList Thanks in advance for any responses! |
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If TList(hello) Then Print "hello is a TList" If TPixmap(hello) Then Print "hello is a TPixmap"etc. Notice that byte, int, float, etc. may be converted to each other by using a similar approach, so I'm not sure how you would handle that... |
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| Only objects can be cast back and forth from base types including strings and arrays. a=TList(b) if 'a' contains a reference 'b' is a type of TList otherwise 'a' contains null. |
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| Hello Mikkel! Hello Paul! Thanks for the quick response... It looks as if I would have to try a type casting and check if that fails... |
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