When you dynamically invoke a user-defined function, get an attribute, or run a method, RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE lets you do one of the following to the return value:

  • Detect its data type
  • Cause it to be converted to a different data type

If you set RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE to a data type other than the expected data type before executing the dynamic invoke, the value returned is automatically converted to that data type. Otherwise, when the dynamic invoke returns, RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE indicates the data type of the value returned.

Data type: CHARACTER

Access: Readable/Writable

Applies to: Call object handle

Syntax

RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE [ = datatype ]
datatype
A character expression equal to one of the following:
  • "CHARACTER"
  • "DATE"
  • "DATETIME"
  • "DATETIME-TZ"
  • "DECIMAL"
  • "HANDLE"
  • "INT64"
  • "INTEGER"
  • "LOGICAL"
  • "RAW"
  • Unknown value (?)

The default is the Unknown value (?).