.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: vtype

.. _vtype:

vtype
=====

.. us.tag  vtype NOTREADYENGLISH Programming.variant New5300

:ref:`vtype` returns the type matrix of a variant matrix.

.. function::  rm = vtype(vm)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*rm* is a real matrix. Each element has one of the following values:

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Value
     - Description
   * - VNUMBER (0)
     - Real
   * - VSTRING (1)
     - String
   * - VCOMPLEX (2)
     - Complex
   * - VOBJECT (3)
     - UniScript-Object
   * - VCOMPOINTER (4)
     - COM-Object Pointer

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: vm

   *vm* is a variant matrix.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   vtype([1, "a"])

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.30
     - New.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-programming`,
   :ref:`vmatrix`,
   :ref:`vconvert`,
   :ref:`vcast`,
   :ref:`type`

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