Compare variables of type "Variant"

wittgenstein

Hi,

is there a possibility to compare variables of type variant?
Simple compare operations don't seem to work.
E.g.

bool := var1 = var2;
bool := var1 <> var2;
bool := var1 > var2;

Is there a way to keep this simple or do I have to check the type and EVALUATE?
In addition, is there a way to return the datatype of a variant? I don't want to do it by

IF var1.ISDECIMAL THEN ...

Thanks in advance.

Slawek_Guzek

You can try

IF FORMAT(var1) = FORMAT(var2) THEN...

It would help with simple datatypes, and in = or <> cases, but > or < or other combinations may not make sense, because you will be effectively comparing strings, not the actual values.

As for the datatype of variant, as far as I know there is no other way than var1.ISDECIMAL.. and so on. Not in C/AL.

Maybe assigning a variant to a .NET and then getting back the type could be is possible, but if it is I'd guess that it would work only for simple data types.

Slawek

Slawek_Guzek

You can try

IF FORMAT(var1) = FORMAT(var2) THEN...

It would help with simple datatypes, and in = or <> cases, but > or < or other combinations may not make sense, because you will be effectively comparing strings, not the actual values.

As for the datatype of variant, as far as I know there is no other way than var1.ISDECIMAL.. and so on. Not in C/AL.

Maybe assigning a variant to a .NET and then getting back the type could be is possible, but if it is I'd guess that it would work only for simple data types.

Slawek