You do have Value type, but neither work 100%. Both fail Time for example. And I believe v16r6 fails Date too (fixed in v17.0Beta).
I reported that same issue to the beta forum. I hope that gets sorted out in the beta cycle. On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:36 PM Kirk Brooks via 4D_Tech < [email protected]> wrote: > If I'm iterating through a collection how can I get the type of an element? > Here are some results from current attempts: > $col:=New collection(New object;123;"XYZ";New collection) > $type:=Type($col) // type = 42 > $type:=Type($col[0]) // err: 4D was expecting a field or variable or > parameter > $type:=Type($col[1]) // err: 4D was expecting a field or variable or > parameter > C_OBJECT($obj) > $obj:=$col[0] > $type:=Type($obj) // 38 > $obj:=$col[1] > $type:=Type($obj) // err: argument types are incompatible > > Thanks > > -- > Kirk Brooks > San Francisco, CA > ======================= > > *We go vote - they go home* > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
