Returns a String that provides information about a variable.
Syntax
TypeName(varname)
The required varnameargument is a Variant containing any variable except a variable of a user defined type.
Remarks
The string returned by TypeName can be any one of the following:
| String returned | Variable |
|---|---|
| Object type | An object whose type is objecttype |
| Byte | Byte value |
| Integer | Integer |
| Long | Long integer |
| Single | Single-precision floating-point number |
| Double | Double-precision floating-point number |
| Currency | Currency value |
| Decimal | Decimal value |
| Date | Date value |
| String | String |
| Boolean | Boolean value |
| Error | An error value |
| Empty | Uninitialized |
| Null | No valid data |
| Object | An object |
| Unknown | An object whose type is unknown |
| Nothing | Object variable that doesn't refer to an object |
If varname is an array, the returned string can be any one of the possible returned strings (or Variant) with empty parentheses appended. For example, if varname is an array of integers, TypeName returns "Integer()".
Example
Note
Examples that follow demonstrate the use of this function in a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) module. For more information about working with VBA, select Developer Reference in the drop-down list next to Search and enter one or more terms in the search box.
This example uses the TypeName function to return information about a variable.
Dim NullVar, MyType, StrVar As String
Dim IntVar As Integer, CurVar As Currency
Dim ArrayVar (1 To 5) As Integer
NullVar = Null ' Assign Null value.
MyType = TypeName(StrVar) ' Returns "String".
MyType = TypeName(IntVar) ' Returns "Integer".
MyType = TypeName(CurVar) ' Returns "Currency".
MyType = TypeName(NullVar) ' Returns "Null".
MyType = TypeName(ArrayVar) ' Returns "Integer()".