Variant Structure

Variant that can hold either a Double value or a String

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
SystemValueType
Altaxo.Serialization.OriginVariant

Namespace: Altaxo.Serialization.Origin
Assembly: AltaxoCore (in AltaxoCore.dll) Version: 4.8.3448.0 (4.8.3448.0)

Syntax

public struct Variant

The Variant type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Variant	Initializes a new instance of the Variant class
	Variant(Double)	Creates a variant containing a double value.
	Variant(Object)	Creates a variant from an object (string or double).
	Variant(String)	Creates a variant containing a string value.

Properties

	Name	Description
	IsDouble	True when the variant contains a double value.
	IsDoubleOrNaN	True when the variant contains a double or has no string value.
	IsEmpty	True when the variant is empty.
	IsString	True when the variant contains a string.

Methods

	Name	Description
	AsDateTime	Return the contained value as a DateTime relative to 1970-01-01 UTC or null.
	AsDouble	Return the contained value as double or NaN when empty.
	AsString	Return the contained value as string or empty string when empty.
	AsTimeSpan	Return the contained value as a TimeSpan or null.
	Equals	Indicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Inherited from ValueType)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from ValueType)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
	ToString	Returns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType)
	ValueType	Returns the currently stored variant type.

Operators

	Name	Description
	(Variant to Double)	Implicit conversion to double for variants.
	(Variant to String)	Implicit conversion to string for variants.