Function to find the data type of a constant?

RE: Function to find the data type of a constant?

JJ — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:23:13 GMT

Never mind, I answered my own question. I can just get the fn!typeOf(fv!item) where fv!item is the VALUE of the constant.

RE: Function to find the data type of a constant?

JJ — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:20:47 GMT

Is there a way to do this with a list of type "Content Constant"?

Basically I have a list of data about constants and I want to get the type of each. I tried fn!typeOf("cons!" & fv!item) where fv!item is the constant's name. That just returned text for everything since it's technically text. I tried fn!typeOf(fv!item) where fv!item is the constant itself and it returns "Content Constant" for everything since they are constants (instead of telling the type of data the constant holds).

I am getting the constants with the Content Tools plugin and this code:

local!constants: a!flatten(
a!forEach(
items: ri!constantFolders,
expression: fn!getconstantsfromfolder(
rootFolder: fv!item,
recursiveSearch: true
)
)
)

Thank you!

RE: Function to find the data type of a constant?

madhanka — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:23:02 GMT

That was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much

RE: Function to find the data type of a constant?

Robert Shankin — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:21:16 GMT

Will this work for you?

fn!typeName(fn!typeOf(cons!YOUR_CONSTANT))