Is there any function available to check if variable value is "User" or "group"?

Amir Hanif

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over 7 years ago

Hi,
I have a variable "assignee" of "User or Group" type. I want to know if user enter "User" or "group" as an input for this variable. Is there any function available to check if variable value is "User" or "group"?

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Durgesh over 7 years ago +1
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AFAIK there is no in-built function to verify weather it is a user or group. I think you can make a use of typeof() function to check this. This function return integer value for the type. Suppose, if…

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0 Durgesh
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over 7 years ago

AFAIK there is no in-built function to verify weather it is a user or group.
I think you can make a use of typeof() function to check this. This function return integer value for the type.
Suppose,
if variable is of type "User" then it will return = 4
If variable is of type "Group" then it will return = 5
If variable is of type "User or Group" then it will return = 27

Let us know if that works for you.
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0 Durgesh
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over 7 years ago

AFAIK there is no in-built function to verify weather it is a user or group.
I think you can make a use of typeof() function to check this. This function return integer value for the type.
Suppose,
if variable is of type "User" then it will return = 4
If variable is of type "Group" then it will return = 5
If variable is of type "User or Group" then it will return = 27

Let us know if that works for you.
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