Continent (Type of variable)

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Properties specific to Continent variables

WLanguage functions that use Continent variables

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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: For more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties, see Declaring a variable.

Example

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

Remarks

Properties specific to 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 use Continent variables


ContinentGet	Returns the Continent variable that corresponds to one of the following values: a continent constant (2-character continent code), a continent caption.
ContinentList	Returns the list of continents.
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.