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netsds::util::types

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>

perl v5.12.4							    2011-08-27						  NetSDS::Util::Types(3pm)