>>zoo="abc"
>>?TYPE(zoo)
>>comes out as "U", why would the type not be defined as "C" for character for that is what it is?
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>In your case you need to use VARTYPE() function instead.
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>?TYPE("zoo") && C
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>? vartype(zoo) && C
Worked, thanks.,
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