types.untyped - Function

Define an untyped variable

Synopsis
untyped(arg, default, dir, checkeval, help, options, allowunset)

Description
This is a catch-all for variables that may be of many different types (such as return from the table tool. Don't use it in place of defining the correct type.

The behavior is that:

In determining the type of a given input string or insert argument, various conversions are tried, and the first successful one retained.
The search list of conversions can be set using the options string.
The default search list is "measure array coordinates region record string untyped"
Valid search list items are the entry types that the
Entryparser tool recognizes.

Arguments

arg	List of arguments
	Allowed:	String
default	Default value
	Allowed:	Any type
	Default:	''
dir	Direction of variable
	Allowed:	String: 'in'\|'inout'\|'out'
	Default:	'in'
checkeval	Check eval'ability
	Allowed:	Boolean
	Default:	T
help	Help string: if unset, help file is used
	Allowed:	String
	Default:	unset
options	Search order string
	Allowed:	Vector of strings
	Default:	unset
allowunset	Allow unset values?
	Allowed:	Boolean
	Default:	F

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	Package	utility
	Module	tasking
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