CGridView:GetType

The GetType method sets the data type of a grid cell. A cell value can always be retrieved as a string, but there may be occasions when the data need to be interpreted as other types of information.

Syntax

CGridView:SetVal( nCol, nRow, data_type )

Where nCol, and nRow are the coordinates of the cell to set.

Where cell_type is the type of information to specify for the specified cell.

Remarks

The data_type number specifies the interpretation of the cell values, as defined in the table below.

Data Type	Value Type
1	String
2	Number
3	Boolean true or false
4	Time, as a string
5	Currency, as a string
10	Special time (hh:mm:ss.sss)
11	Special date (yyyy/mm/dd)
12	Special degrees (dd:mm:ss.sss or +dd°mm'ss.sss")
other (1)	String

Example

The following script sets the cell contents of (column 5, row 10) to "My value":

G = attach_gridview()	-- attach a grid on the Mira desktop
type = G:GetType(5,10)	-- return the type of cell (5,10)
if type == 1 then	-- if this is a string value...
Printf("value = %s\n", value)	-- print a string
elseif type == 2 then	-- else if this is a numeric value...
Printf("value = %d\n", value)	-- print a number
end

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