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   ◄Operator Summary►  ◄Summary►  ◄.TYPE►
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  Syntax:  TYPE expression
 
  Returns a different result depending on type of expression:
 
   Expression        TYPE Operator returns
    variable          Number of bytes in data object.
 
    structure         Total size in bytes of the structure.
 
    label             0FFFFh=NEAR label, 0FFFEh=FAR label.
 
    constant          0.
 
  The returned value can be used to specify the type for PTR.
 
   See Also:  PTR
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