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/*
* $Id$
*/
/*
* The following parts are Copyright of the individual authors.
* www - http://www.harbour-project.org
*
* Copyright 2000 Alexander Kresin <alex@belacy.belgorod.su>
* FIELDTYPE() documentation
* FIELDSIZE() documentation
* FIELDDECI() documentation
*
* See doc/license.txt for licensing terms.
*
*/
/* $DOC$
* $FUNCNAME$
* FIELDTYPE()
* $CATEGORY$
* Data Base
* $ONELINER$
* Determines the type of a given field.
* $SYNTAX$
* FIELDTYPE(<nFieldNum>) --> cFieldType
* $ARGUMENTS$
* <nFieldNum> Data field , which type need to be determined.
* $RETURNS$
* FIELDTYPE() returns the character that designates the type of a given field:
* 'C' - character string;
* 'N' - numeric;
* 'L' - logical;
* 'D' - date;
* 'M' - memo.
* $DESCRIPTION$
* This function determines the type of a field, designated by its number.
* $EXAMPLES$
* FUNCTION Main()
* LOCAL i
* USE Tests NEW
* FOR i = 1 TO FCOUNT()
* ? FieldType( i )
* NEXT
* USE
* RETURN NIL
* $STATUS$
* R
* $COMPLIANCE$
* This function is CA-CLIPPER TOOLS compatible
* $SEEALSO$
* FIELDSIZE(),FIELDDECI()
* $END$
*/
/* $DOC$
* $FUNCNAME$
* FIELDSIZE()
* $CATEGORY$
* Data Base
* $ONELINER$
* Determines the size of a given field.
* $SYNTAX$
* FIELDSIZE(<nFieldNum>) --> nFieldSize
* $ARGUMENTS$
* <nFieldNum> Data field , which size need to be determined.
* $RETURNS$
* FIELDSIZE() returns the number that designates the size of a given field.
* $DESCRIPTION$
* This function determines the size of a field, designated by its number.
* $EXAMPLES$
* FUNCTION Main()
* LOCAL i
* USE Tests NEW
* FOR i = 1 TO FCOUNT()
* ? FieldSize( i )
* NEXT
* USE
* RETURN NIL
* $STATUS$
* R
* $COMPLIANCE$
* This function is CA-CLIPPER TOOLS compatible
* $SEEALSO$
* FIELDTYPE(),FIELDDECI()
* $END$
*/
/* $DOC$
* $FUNCNAME$
* FIELDDECI()
* $CATEGORY$
* Data Base
* $ONELINER$
* Determines the number of decimal places of a given numeric field.
* $SYNTAX$
* FIELDDECI(<nFieldNum>) --> nFieldDeci
* $ARGUMENTS$
* <nFieldNum> Numeric data field , for which number of decimal
* places need to be determined.
* $RETURNS$
* FIELDDECI() returns the numeric value that designates the number
* of decimal places of a given field.
* $DESCRIPTION$
* This function determines the number of decimal places of a given numeric field.
* $EXAMPLES$
* FUNCTION Main()
* LOCAL i
* USE Tests NEW
* FOR i = 1 TO FCOUNT()
* ? FieldDeci( i )
* NEXT
* USE
* RETURN NIL
* $STATUS$
* R
* $COMPLIANCE$
* This function is CA-CLIPPER TOOLS compatible
* $SEEALSO$
* FIELDTYPE(),FIELDSIZE()
* $END$
*/