8.1.3.7 DataObject::GetDataFormat

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Description

Get DataFormat property of one DataObject

Syntax

GetDataFormat()

Parameters

Return

the code for format.

0: Numeric

1: Text

2: Time

3: Date

9: Text and Numeric

Examples

#Create Sheet in Book1 with 5 columns
#the following code will set column formats in a new worksheet
# 1st column - Numeric (0)
# 2nd column - Text    (1)
# 3rd column - Time    (2)
# 4th column - Date    (3)
# 5th column - Text and Numeric (9)
wks=PyOrigin.WorksheetPages('Book1').Layers(0)
Formats="01239"
wks.SetColFormats(Formats)
Col_0=wks.Columns(0)
if Col_0.GetDataFormat()==0:
    print('Numeric')
elif Col_0.GetDataFormat()==1:
     print('Text')
elif Col_0.GetDataFormat()==2:
     print('Date')

See Also

DataObject::SetDataFormat