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RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE Attribute
NOTE: Applies only to user-defined functions, attributes, and methods.When you dynamically invoke a user-defined function, get an attribute, or run a method, RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE lets you do one of the following to the value returned:
If you set RETURN-VALUE-DATE-TYPE to a data type other than the expected data type before executing the dynamic invoke, the value returned is automatically converted to that data type. Otherwise, when the dynamic invoke returns, RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE indicates the data type of the value returned.
Data Type: CHARACTERAccess: Readable/WritableApplies To: CALL ObjectSYNTAX
datatype
A CHARACTER expression indicating one of the following:
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