Dan,

It is returning an VariantType enumeration. To get the string equivalent, just use the ToString after the call like the following:

VarType(oObj).ToString

>Thank you for your response. The vartype was returning a number and I could not tell what the result was. I found out that variable.GetType.ToString() does the trick. BTW How can I find what the return of vartype is telling me?
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>>Hi Dan,
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>>You can use VarType like below:
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>>VarType(oObj)
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>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>I would like to know how to return a variable type at runtime in vb .net. I am used to programming in Foxpro and I would do something like:
>>>TYPE(cExpression) which would return the datatype of its contents. If it is an object would return "O", character "C" and so on. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>TIA,