Jay,

If tcVariable = "5" then the following code will set lcType to N instead of C. It appears that TYPE tries to evaluate uMyVar then returns the type of the result.

Shane

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>>   lcType = TYPE ("tcVariable")
>>   IF lcType = "C"
>>      IF TYPE (tcVariable) <> "U"   &&  a variable could refer to any type
>>           lcType = TYPE (tcVariable) &&  return the variable's variable type.
>>      ENDIF
>>   ENDIF
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