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# TypeName Function; VarType Function

Returns a string (TypeName) or a numeric value (VarType) that contains information for a variable.

### Syntax:

    TypeName (Variable) / VarType (Variable)

### Return value:

String; Integer

### Parameters:

Variable: The variable that you want to determine the type of. You can use the following values:

keyword | Named constant | VarType | Tipovi Varijable
Boolean |  | 11 | Boolean Varijable
Byte |  | 17 | Byte variable
Date | V_DATE | 7 | Varijable Date (Datum)
Currency | V_CURRENCY | 6 | Currency variable
Double | V_DOUBLE | 5 | Double floating point variable
Integer | V_INTEGER | 2 | Varijable Cijelih Brojeva (Integer)
Long | V_LONG | 3 | Long Integer Varijable
Object |  | 9 | Object variable
Single | V_SINGLE | 4 | Single floating-point variable
String | V_STRING | 8 | String Varijable
Variant |  | 12 | Variant variable (can contain all types specified by the definition)
Empty | V_EMPTY | 0 | Variable is not initialized
Null | V_NULL | 1 | No valid data

### Error codes:

5 Invalid procedure call

### Example:

    Sub ExampleType
    Dim iVar As Integer
    Dim sVar As String
    Dim siVar As Single
    Dim dVar As Double
    Dim bVar As Boolean
    Dim lVar As Long
    Dim cVar as Currency
    Dim tVar as Date
     MsgBox TypeName(iVar) & " " & VarType(iVar) & Chr(13) &_
     TypeName(sVar) & " " & VarType(sVar) & Chr(13) &_
     TypeName(siVar) & " " & VarType(siVar) & Chr(13) &_
     TypeName(dVar) & " " & VarType(dVar) & Chr(13) &_
     TypeName(bVar) & " " & VarType(bVar) & Chr(13) &_
     TypeName(cVar) & " " & VarType(cVar) & Chr(13) &_
     TypeName(tVar) & " " & VarType(tVar) & Chr(13) &_
     ime
    End Sub