System.VarCast

Delphi Information

From System.pas

	procedure VarCast(var Dest: Variant; Source: Variant; VarType: Integer);

Unit: System

Type: procedure

Visibility: public

C++ Information

From System.hpp

	void __fastcall VarCast(System::Variant & dest, const System::Variant & source, int type);

Unit: System

Type: function

Description

Converts a variant to a specified type.

VarCast converts a variant to a specified type and returns a new Variant that has the specified type. The following table describes the parameters expected by the VarCast routine.

Parameter	Description
Dest	The resulting variant. Dest contains the converted value.
Source	The variant that contains the input value.
VarType	The type of the new variant.

Note:  An exception is raised if the conversion is not possible.

See Also

• VarType

• Variant Support Routines

• Delphi Intrinsic Routines