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<refentry xml:id="function.variant-get-type" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>variant_get_type</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the type of a variant object</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>variant_get_type</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>variant</type><parameter>variant</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the type of a variant object.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>variant</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The variant object.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   This function returns an integer value that indicates the type of
   <parameter>variant</parameter>, which can be an instance of
   <xref linkend="class.com"/>, <xref linkend="class.dotnet"/> or
   <xref linkend="class.variant"/> classes.  The return value can be compared
   to one of the <constant>VT_XXX</constant> constants.
  </para>
  <para>
   The return value for COM and DOTNET objects will usually be
   <constant>VT_DISPATCH</constant>; the only reason this function works for
   those classes is because COM and DOTNET are descendants of VARIANT.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>variant_set_type</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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