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NetSDS::Util::Types(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation NetSDS::Util::Types(3pm)

NAME

NetSDS::Util::Types - type checking routines

SYNOPSIS

        use NetSDS::Util::Types;
        # Check if variable contains integer value
        if (is_int($var)) {
                $var++;
        } else {
                print "Value is not integer!";
        }

DESCRIPTION

"NetSDS::Util::Types" module contains functions for checking data for being of exact data types.

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

is_int($var) - check if parameter is integer
Check if given parameter is integer
is_float([...]) - check if parameter is float number
Check if given parameter is float number
is_date([...]) - check if parameter is date string
Return 1 if parameter is date string
is_binary([...]) - check for binary content
Return 1 if parameter is non text.
is_ref_scalar($ref) - check if reference to scalar value
Return true if parameter is a scalar reference.
 
        my $var = 'Scalar string';
        if (is_ref_scalar(\$var)) {
                print "It's scalar value";
        }
    
is_ref_array($ref) - check if reference to array
Return true if parameter is an array reference.
is_ref_hash($ref) - check if hashref
Return true if parameter is a hash reference.
is_ref_code($ref) - check if code reference
Return true if parameter is a code reference.
is_ref_obj($ref, [$class_name]) - check if blessed object
Return true if parameter is an object.

EXAMPLES

None

BUGS

None

TODO

Add more functions.

SEE ALSO

None.

AUTHORS

Valentyn Solomko <pere@pere.org.ua>
Michael Bochkaryov <misha@rattler.kiev.ua>
2011-08-27 perl v5.12.4