Re: Is there a way to tell if a class symbol is a variable, method etc

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

You're welcome :)

I've just added another link to the wiki Symbols.class page on the
Class.Symbols page as the only link to it was pretty easy to miss.
It only existed on the  _get help for Class.class , the bit that says "This
class acts like a read-only <https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb/class/_get>
array."

So i added a "for more details on Symbols see blah blah" bit to
Class.Symbols page so others will hopefully find it more easily :)

Respects
BruceS


On Mon, 12 Oct 2026 at 01:27, brian <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Bruce !
>
>
> On October 11, 2026 3:05:52 PM PDT, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2026 at 22:54, Brian G <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I can get a list of symbols from a class, but is there a way to find out
>>> if they are methods etc.
>>>
>>> There appears to be ways to call and get the value and find out if a
>>> symbol exists, but is there a way to find out what type of symbol it is?
>>>
>>> For instance,  using in a _read or _write class function to know which
>>> symbols to save or load on write or read of the object.
>>>
>>> right now you do a getproperty on every symbol but sometimes it does not
>>> return an error on a method... or constant etc.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~~~~ Brian
>>
>>
>> check out wiki for Symbol class (it's hard to find)
>> https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb/.symbol
>>
>> For Each sSymbol As String In Classes["Form"].Symbols
>>   With Classes["Form"][sSymbol]
>>     Print .Name;; .Kind;; .Type;; .Value
>>   End With
>> Next
>>
>> .kind come from the Class constants Class.Method Class.Property etc
>>
>> Respects
>> BruceS
>>
> ~~~Brian
>