You might want to use VARTYPE() instead if you are using VFP 6.0. TYPE() in VFP 3.0/5.0

HTH

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>I am writing an HTML output class and want to
>right justify all numeric (N, I, Y) fields.
>
>My original thought was to create an array that
>would contain the data type of the first record
>using EVAL(FIELD(x)). However, I ran into a
>problem when one of the numeric fields was .NULL..
>
>As a result of the NULL value, the non-null fields
>are left aligned. I wanted to use the array to
>evaluate the field type only once - no need to
>do it every time.
>
>Is there a way to determine a fields data type
>so that .NULL. values will show the true field
>data type? I guess I can use something like
>AFIELDS() unless there is a better way.