getType()
Query of the data type of any Control expression.
Synopsis
int getType(expression);
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| expression | Control expression to be examined |
Return value
If the CONTROL expression is of the examined data type, the function returns the data type as an integer constant. Otherwise it returns 0.
Description
The data type of any CONTROL expression can be queried with the function getType(). The following constants are available for this:
| Integer constant | Description |
| ATIME_VAR | Time of the alarm |
| BIT32_VAR | Bit pattern |
| BOOL_VAR | Bit |
| BLOB_VAR | Blob (binary large object) |
| CHAR_VAR | Character |
| DPIDENTIFIER_VAR | Designation |
| DYN_BIT32_VAR | Dyn. bit pattern field |
| DYN_BOOL_VAR | Dyn. bit field |
| DYN_BLOB_VAR | Dyn. Blob |
| DYN_CHAR_VAR | Dyn. character field |
| DYN_DPIDENTIFIER_VAR | Dyn. identifier field |
| DYN_FLOAT_VAR | Dyn. floating-point field |
| DYN_INT_VAR | Dyn. integer field |
| DYN_LANGSTRING_VAR | Dyn. multilingual text |
| DYN_STRING_VAR | Dyn. text field |
| DYN_TIME_VAR | Dyn. time field |
| DYN_UINT_VAR | Dyn. nat. field |
| DYN_ATIME_VAR | Dyn. time of the alarm |
| DYN_DYN_ATIME_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. time of the alarm |
| DYN_SHAPE_VAR | Dyn. pointer for graphics elements |
| DYN_DYN_SHAPE_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. pointer for graphics elements |
| VA_LIST_VAR | An arbitrary number of parameters |
| FILE_VAR | File variable |
| FLOAT_VAR | Floating-point number |
| INT_VAR | Integer |
| LANGSTRING_VAR | Multilingual text |
| STRING_VAR | Text |
| TIME_VAR | Time |
| MIXED_VAR | Mixed variable. Contrary to anytype, the variable type mixed gets each time a new type. |
| MAPPING_VAR |
Mapping variable. Mappings save arbitrary key and value pairs. The keys and values are saved in two arrays (one for keys and one for values). A mapping with key:value pairs "one": 1, "two":2, "three":3 looks internally as follows: key value "one" 1 "two" 2 "three" 3. |
| DYN_MAPPING_VAR | Dynamic mapping field |
| DYN_MIXED_VAR | Dynamic mixed field (each mixed element can be of different data type). |
| UINT_VAR | Natural number |
The following constants are also available for querying the data type of CONTROL expressions:
| Integer constant | Description |
| ANYTYPE_VAR | Type anytype before the first assignment |
| DYN_ANYTYPE_VAR | Dynamic field with elements of any data type |
| DYN_DYN_ANYTYPE_VAR | Dynamic field from dynamic fields of elements of any data type |
| DYN_DYN_BIT32_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. bit pattern fields |
| DYN_DYN_BOOL_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. bit fields |
| DYN_DYN_BLOB_VAR | Dynamic field dyn blob fields |
| DYN_DYN_CHAR_VAR | Dynamic field of dynamic character fields |
| DYN_DYN_DPIDENTIFIER_VAR | Dynamic field of dynamic identifier fields |
| DYN_DYN_ERRCLASS_VAR | Dynamic field of error classes |
| DYN_DYN_FLOAT_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. floating-point number fields |
| DYN_DYN_INT_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. bit integer fields |
| DYN_DYN_LANGSTRING_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. multilingual texts |
| DYN_DYN_STRING_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. bit pattern fields |
| DYN_DYN_TIME_VAR | Dynamic field dyn. time fields |
| DYN_DYN_UINT_VAR | Dynamic field of dyn. fields of positive integers |
| DYN_ERRCLASS_VAR | Dyn. error classes |
| DYN_DYN_MAPPING_VAR | Dynamic field of dynamic mapping fields |
| DYN_DYN_MIXED_VAR | Dynamic field of dynamic mixed fields |
| ERRCLASS_VAR | Error classes |
When this function is used for anytype or shared_ptr, they are dereferenced and then the type is evaluated. In case they do not contain or point at any other variable, their own type is used.
Example
The function checks the data types of the variables a, b and c and outputs these types as well as compares the types with FLOAT_VAR and STRING_VAR. If the data type is the expected one, the example outputs "correct" and if it is a wrong type, it outputs "wrong".
main(mapping event)
{
int a = 1;
float b = 2.5;
string c = "4";
DebugTN(INT_VAR, FLOAT_VAR, STRING_VAR);
DebugTN("___Results___");
DebugTN("a", getType(a), "Expected " + INT_VAR);
DebugTN("b", getType(b), "Expected " + FLOAT_VAR);
DebugTN("c", getType(c), "Expected " + STRING_VAR);
DebugTN("a+b", getType(a + b), "Expected " + FLOAT_VAR);
DebugTN("a+c", getType(a + c), "Expected " + STRING_VAR);
DebugTN("b+c", getType(b + c), "Expected " + STRING_VAR);
if( getType(a + c) == STRING_VAR)
{
DebugTN("correct");
}
else
{
DebugTN("wrong");
}
}The function outputs:
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489[327680][458752][524288]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["___Results___"]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["a"][327680]["Expected 327680"]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["b"][458752]["Expected 458752"]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["c"][524288]["Expected 524288"]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["a+b"][458752]["Expected 458752"]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["a+c"][524288]["Expected 524288"]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["b+c"][524288]["Expected 524288"]
WCCOAui1:2017.08.31 12:36:34.489["correct"]
Assignment
Availability
CTRL
