This command will return the data type pattern of a given type.

Return String=GET TYPE PATTERN$(Type Name$)

Return String=GET TYPE PATTERN$(Type Name$,Type Index)

Type Name$

String
A string specifying the exact name of the type to obtain the pattern of

Type Index

Integer
A value indicating the internal type index

A string containing the pattern of the type structure

The pattern is returned as a string, with each character representing a native data type as follows; L=integer, F=float, S=string, B=boolean, Y=byte, W=word, D=dword, O=double float, R=double integer. You can only search by name or index, not both at the same time.

type firsttype

 a as integer

 b as string

 c as float

endtype

type secondtype

 e as DWORD

 x as firsttype

 d as double integer

endtype

dim myarray(5) as secondtype

for i=0 to 5

 myarray(i).e=i*2

 myarray(i).x.a=i

next i

typeindex=get array type(myarray())

print "ARRAY TYPE=";typeindex

print "TYPE IN ARRAY=";get type pattern$("",typeindex)

print "TYPE PATTERN=";get type pattern$("firsttype",0)

for i=0 to 5

 print myarray(i).x.a;" ";myarray(i).e

next i

wait key

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