>>So then the VFP help file is wrong (gasp!) when it says in the entry on TYPE():
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>>"VARTYPE( ) is similar to the TYPE( ) function, but VARTYPE( ) is faster and does not require quotation marks ("") to enclose the specified expression."
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>>Consider:
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>>

>>x = '0.8'
>>? TYPE(x)   &&returns "N"
>>? VARTYPE(x)   &&returns "C"
>>

>I don't see that as being wrong. TYPE requires the data you're evaluating to be enclosed in a string, whereas VARTYPE does not (i.e. VARTYPE(0.8) = "N").


I stand corrected!