What type is a passed object?

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Shagwana

(Posted 2009) [#1]

pImage:TPixmap=CreatePixmap(100,100,1)

Function Something(url:Object)
  Print url.tostring()
  End Function

Something("hello world")

Something(pImage:TPixmap)
End

In the above code, how can I tell what type of object has been passed?
Where I "print url.tostring()", How could I tell if this Object is a string or a pixmap?.

Htbaa

(Posted 2009) [#2]

Simple

If String(url)
    Print "String"
Else If TPixmap(url)
    Print "Pixmap"
End If

Shagwana

(Posted 2009) [#3]

awesome, ta!

spacerat

(Posted 2009) [#4]

You could use reflection too..

Print TType.ForObject(url).Name()

Czar Flavius

(Posted 2009) [#5]

It's good to know alternatives, but for this case I'd avoid reflection as it is slow :)