A practical example showing how to inspect multiple items and display their type properties, distinguishing between simple and compound types.

ID: 617

See: DataType = [DataType] 
				
					using uCalcSoftware;

var uc = new uCalc();
var x = uc.DefineVariable("x = 10.5"); // double
var y = uc.DefineVariable("y = 'hello'"); // string
var z = uc.DefineVariable("z As Complex = 1+2*#i"); // complex

Console.WriteLine($"Item: {x.Name}, Type: {x.DataType.Name}, Compound: {x.DataType.IsCompound}");
Console.WriteLine($"Item: {y.Name}, Type: {y.DataType.Name}, Compound: {y.DataType.IsCompound}");
Console.WriteLine($"Item: {z.Name}, Type: {z.DataType.Name}, Compound: {z.DataType.IsCompound}");
				
			
Item: x, Type: double, Compound: False
Item: y, Type: string, Compound: True
Item: z, Type: complex, Compound: True
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					#include <iostream>
#include "uCalc.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace uCalcSoftware;

#define tf(IsTrue) ((IsTrue) ? "True" : "False")

int main() {
   uCalc uc;
   auto x = uc.DefineVariable("x = 10.5"); // double
   auto y = uc.DefineVariable("y = 'hello'"); // string
   auto z = uc.DefineVariable("z As Complex = 1+2*#i"); // complex

   cout << "Item: " << x.Name() << ", Type: " << x.DataType().Name() << ", Compound: " << tf(x.DataType().IsCompound()) << endl;
   cout << "Item: " << y.Name() << ", Type: " << y.DataType().Name() << ", Compound: " << tf(y.DataType().IsCompound()) << endl;
   cout << "Item: " << z.Name() << ", Type: " << z.DataType().Name() << ", Compound: " << tf(z.DataType().IsCompound()) << endl;
}
				
			
Item: x, Type: double, Compound: False
Item: y, Type: string, Compound: True
Item: z, Type: complex, Compound: True
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					Imports System
Imports uCalcSoftware
Public Module Program
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim uc As New uCalc()
      Dim x = uc.DefineVariable("x = 10.5") '// double
      Dim y = uc.DefineVariable("y = 'hello'") '// string
      Dim z = uc.DefineVariable("z As Complex = 1+2*#i") '// complex
      
      Console.WriteLine($"Item: {x.Name}, Type: {x.DataType.Name}, Compound: {x.DataType.IsCompound}")
      Console.WriteLine($"Item: {y.Name}, Type: {y.DataType.Name}, Compound: {y.DataType.IsCompound}")
      Console.WriteLine($"Item: {z.Name}, Type: {z.DataType.Name}, Compound: {z.DataType.IsCompound}")
   End Sub
End Module
				
			
Item: x, Type: double, Compound: False
Item: y, Type: string, Compound: True
Item: z, Type: complex, Compound: True
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