Continent (Type of variable)

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Continent (Type of variable)

In french: Continent

The Continent type is used to find out the characteristics of a continent. The characteristics of this continent can be:

Remark: See Declaring a variable for more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties.

Example

// Retrieve information about Europe
oContinent is Continent = ContinentGet(continentEurope)
// Display the caption
STC_Continent = oContinent.Name

Remarks

Properties specific to the description of Continent variables

The following properties can be used to handle a Continent variable:

Property name	Type used	Effect

Code	Character String constant	Constant that identifies the continent: continentAfrica: Africa (constant set to "AF") continentNorthAmerica: North America (constant set to "NA") continentSouthAmerica: South America (constant set to "SA") continentAntarctica: Antarctica (constant set to "AN") continentAsia: Asia (constant set to "AS") continentEurope: Europe (constant set to "EU") continentUndefined: The continent could not be identified. continentOceania: Oceania (constant set to "OC") This property is read-only.
Name	Character string	Name of the continent (in the language of framework). This property is read-only.

WLanguage functions that manipulate Continent variables


Versions 25 and later ContinentGet New in version 25 ContinentGet ContinentGet	Returns the Continent variable that corresponds to one of the following values: a continent constant (2-character continent code), a continent caption.
Versions 25 and later ContinentList New in version 25 ContinentList ContinentList	Returns the list of continents.
Versions 25 and later CountryList New in version 25 CountryList CountryList	Returns the list of all countries or countries of a given continent according to ISO 3166-1.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): Country and Continent functions

[ + ] This example shows how to use Country / Continent variables and functions.