Extracting data type from variable
 

Is is possible to extract the data type of a variable? For example let
say I have two variables X and Y

Dim X as Comment
Dim Y as Range

I now want to evalute what data type X is. Is their a property fo
type?

IF X.Type = Comment Then

et

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Extracting data type from variable
 

Check out either TypeOf or TypeName()

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Is is possible to extract the data type of a variable? For example lets
say I have two variables X and Y

Dim X as Comment
Dim Y as Range

I now want to evalute what data type X is. Is their a property for
type?

IF X.Type = Comment Then

etc


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Extracting data type from variable
 

If you Dim x as comment it would always return "Comment",
wouldn't it?

Sub TypeTest()
Dim x As Object
Dim y As Variant

Set x = ActiveCell
x.Value = 1
y = x.Value

'Typename returns a string with the Class or Type name
If TypeName(x) = "Range" Then Stop
If TypeName(y) = "Double" Then Stop

'TypeOf can be used on objects
'note you use the IS keyword.

If TypeOf x Is Range Then Stop

End Sub





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ExcelMonkey wrote :


Is is possible to extract the data type of a variable? For example
lets say I have two variables X and Y

Dim X as Comment
Dim Y as Range

I now want to evalute what data type X is. Is their a property for
type?

IF X.Type = Comment Then

etc