Hi Shane,
Here is some code that does what you need:
PROCEDURE cMyFunc
PARAMETERS uMyVar
LOCAL cReturnValue
IF TYPE("uMyVar")="C" THEN
IF TYPE("&uMyVar")="U" THEN
cReturnValue="C"
ELSE
cReturnValue = TYPE("&uMyVar")
ENDIF
ELSE
cReturnValue = TYPE("uMyVar")
ENDIF
RETURN cReturnValue
ENDPROC
Hope this helps to solve your problem!
>I need a procedure that will accept one parameter. This parameter may contain the value I want or it may contain the name of a variable that contains the value that I want. Here are some examples.
>
>PROCEDURE cMyFunc( uMyVar )
>... What code goes here?
>RETURN cReturnValue
>ENDPROC
>
>x = "test"
>cMyFunc( x ) should return 'C'
>
>x = 5
>cMyFunc( x ) should return 'N'
>
>x = "5"
>cMyFunc( x ) should return 'C'
>
>x = .T.
>y = "x"
>cMyFunc( y ) should return 'L'
>
>How do I figure out if a character parameter contains the name of another variable?
>
>Any ideas?
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