I don't recall ever, ever seeing this before. I'm egotistical enough to believe that may be true for others, too.
It's in UV 10 User Basic Ref., pg 11-203 (although the bottom of the page says "DELETEU") : DESCRINFO function Syntax DESCRINFO(key, variable) Description The DESCRINFO function returns requested information (key) about a variable. Set the key value to 1 to obtain information about the type of variable. Set the key value to 2 to obtain the reuse flag of the variable. Any other value is invalid, and will result in the program exiting. If the key value is 1, the return type indicates the following type of variable: Return Value Type 0 unassigned variable 1 integer 2 numeric 3 string 4 file 5 array 6 subroutine 7 sequential file 8 GCI descriptor 9 NULL value 10 ODBC descriptor 1/29/02 Example The following example illustrates the DESCRINFO function. A=1 B="DENVER" C=10.7 VAL1 = DESCRINFO(1,A) PRINT VAL1 VAL2 = DESCRINFO(1,B) PRINT VAL2 VAL3 = DESCRINFO(1,C) PRINT VAL3 This program returns the following results: RUN &BP& DESCRINFO 1 3 2 ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/