GetAttributeType

Use this function to identify the attribute value type of a specified attribute. The type is returned as a string.

Possible return values include the following:

• DATE
• DOUBLE
• INTEGER
• STRING
• SYMBOL
• DATELIST
• DOUBLELIST
• INTEGERLIST
• STRINGLIST
• SYMBOLLIST

Syntax

GetAttributeType( "AttrClass", "AttrName" )

where:

• AttrClass is the Attribute class. Select from the following:

  AttrClass	Description
  SYSTEM	Describes the entire system at the highest level. Attributes of this Attribute class specify system-wide characteristics.
  USER	Describes the Attributes of a particular user.
  SYMBOL	Describes the characteristics of individual symbols.

• AttrName is the name of the attribute whose type you wish to retrieve.

Syntax example

SET VARIABLE attrType = GetAttributeType( "SYSTEM", "ASReportingPeriod")