>Is there a function that will tell me what field type a memory variable is? I have an activeX control getting information from a spreadsheet and the field type is either character or numeric. I need to know what type it is.
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>Here is the line that captures the data
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>Tmp = oXL.ActiveSheet.Cells(TmpSVRow,1).VALUE
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>I am doing an IF statement and I need it to be a character field. Here is the if statement beginning. I have few lines that are numeric.
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>IF ALLTRIM(Tmp) = "Runoff Balance Book"
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>Thanks for your help
>Todd

Todd,

if( type('tmp') = T_CHARACTER ) && 'C' from foxpro.h
&& it is of type char
endif