>>Nadya,
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>>TYPE() works perfectly. It returns the type of an expression. The expression "SomeUDF(123)" is character because "someudf(123)" is a literal string when "SomeUDF(123)" is evaluated it becomes SomeUDF(123) which is a string of characters.
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>>However TYPE(SomeUDF(123)) will retunr the type of the value that evaluating the expression results in, so if the UDF retuirns Character then the TYPE will retunr C.
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>>This is why;
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>>

>>Var = 123
>>?TYPE(Var) && N && Theexpression Var evaluates to 123 which is a number
>>?TYPE("Var") && C The expression "Var" evals to Var which is a string
>>

>>
>>There is nothing wrong with the TYPE() function it just takes some study to fully underatand how it works.
>Jim;
>In VFP6 SP5
>

>var = 123
>?TYPE(var) && generates function argument value, type or count invalid error
>?TYPE("var") && returns "N"
>?VARTYPE(var) && returns "N"
>?VARTYPE("var") && returns "C"
>

>This is how type() function has worked in previous versions,has this changed in VFP7 and above?

I think his Var=123 was just a typo and should have been Var="123"

Alan