Use the is operator If (returnedItem is String)
-- Sent from my Palm Pre On Mar 27, 2010 4:23 PM, Laurence <[email protected]> wrote: I have a function (not written by me) that's returning either a String or a ValueObject, depending on whether or not it finds a match in an ArrayCollection of ValueObjects. If it finds a match, it returns the ValueObject that matches the search string. If it doesn't find a match, it returns the search-string itself. So, here's my question -- how do I know if what's being returned is a String or a ValueObject? I need something like the following: if returnedItem isString { //do stuff needed for when match isn't found } else { //do stuff needed for when match is found } But I can't figure out how to word that 'if' statement -- how do you ask it if it is a String or a ValueObject, without knowing in advance what it's going to be? Thanks, Laurence MacNeill Mableton, Georgia, USA
