[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]
Parses the given string as a literal value and returns the
appropriate base data type.
Declaration Syntax| C# |
public static BaseDataType TypeFor( string val )
Parameters- val (String)
- The value to parse.
Return ValueThe base data type indicated by the value parsed. If the value
does not correspond to a valid literal, _undefined_ is returned.
Remarks The value can be a text, numeric or datetime literal. Text
literals are bounded by single or double quotes. For numeric literals. it
finds the 'minimum' type which can hold the value. Eg 214 will give Byte.
Integral types are returned in preference to floating point and floating
point in preference to Decimal.