CLASS T.dyn @public

Return -1 when other sorts after this dyn, zero when other is equal to this dyn, and 1 when other sorts before this dyn.

This works like with < and > operators, for similar types the value is used. This especially matters for numbers.

When using ?.Compare() on a NIL dyn and other is NIL it returns zero. When other is not NIL it returns -1.

Return TRUE when other is equal to this dyn, FALSE otherwise.

This works like with == and != operators, for similar types the value is used. This especially matters for numbers.

 int i = 8
 dyn xi = i
 float f = 8.0
 dyn xf = f
 IO.print(xi.Equal(xf))  # prints TRUE
 IO.print(xi == xf)      # prints TRUE

When using ?.Compare() on a NIL dyn and other is NIL it returns TRUE. Otherwise when other is NIL returns FALSE.

Return the size of the dyn.

This calls Size() on the item contained in the dyn.

A NIL dyn also returns zero, it does not throw an E.NilAccess exception.

Return a string representation for the value.

This uses the ToString() method of the actual type. If there is no ToString() method the type of the value is returned surrounded by dashes. E.g. "-object-".

 dyn x = getAnX()
 IO.print("The value of x is " .. x.ToString())

Return a formatted string representation for the value.

This uses the ToString(format) method of the actual type. If there is no ToString(format) method the type of the value is returned surrounded by dashes. E.g. "-object-".

 dyn x = getAnX()
 IO.print("The value of x is " .. x.ToString())

Return the type of the value.

 dyn x = getAnX()
 IO.print("The type of x is " .. x.Type().ToString())