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Purpose |
Assign the value of a User-Defined Type or byte string expression into another User-Defined Type variable. |
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Syntax |
TYPE SET typevar = {typevar | ByteStringExpr$} [USING ustring_expression] |
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Remarks |
TYPE SET is primarily designed to assign the value of a User-Defined Type (UDT) to a different class of User-Defined Type. Additionally, TYPE SET can be used to assign a string expression (ByteStringExpr$) to a UDT, though it is generally not appropriate to assign a wide Unicode string. |
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USING |
Any Byte positions remaining after the assignment are filled (padded) in the target typevar with the first character of the USING string expression, or binary zeros if not specified. |
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See also |
CSET, CSET$, LET (with Types), LSET, LSET$, RSET, RSET$, TYPE/END TYPE |
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Example |
TYPE udt1 x AS STRING * 12 y AS LONG z AS INTEGER END TYPE
TYPE udt2 a(1 TO 18) AS BYTE END TYPE
FUNCTION PBMAIN DIM u1 AS udt1 DIM u2 AS udt2
u1.x = "ABC" TYPE SET u2 = u1 a$ = CHR$(u2.a(1), u2.a(2), u2.a(3))
TYPE SET u2 = "1" USING "2" b$ = CHR$(u2.a(1), u2.a(2), u2.a(3)) END FUNCTION |
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Result |
a$ contains "ABC" b$ contains "122" |