aimodel.getVariableType

Return the type of a AIModel "member" variable of an AIModel.

Prototype

  1. kType = aimodel.getVariableType ( hAIModel, sName|nIndex )

Description

Return the type of a AIModel "member" variable of an AIModel with name sName or index number nIndex.

Parameters

hAIModel - valid AIModel handle
sName|nIndex - name string or index number 1..nVariableCount

Return values

kType - predefined variable type constant

Sample

  1. local kType  = aimodel.getVariableType  ( hResource, sVariableName )
  2. if ( kType == aimodel.kVariableTypeNumber ) then
  3.     -- do stuff
  4. elseif  ( kType == aimodel.kVariableTypeString ) then
  5.     -- etc.

Available since ShiVa 2.0