absGetBinType

absGetBinType(
name
)
=> string

Description

Returns the type of the bin passed as an argument. Both system and user bins can be specified as arguments.

The bin types of the system bins are specified below.

Core        -->  standard

IO             -->  IO

Corner     -->  corner

Block       -->  macro

Ignore      --> none

Arguments

name	Specifies the name of the bin whose type is to be determined.

Value Returned

string

Returns the type of the specified bin.

Examples

Displays the type of the bin IO.

absGetBinType "IO"
=> Bin type of bin 'IO' : IO

Displays the type of the Block bin.

absGetBinType "Block"
=> Bin type of bin 'Block' : macro

Displays the type of the user bin myBin as corner.

absGetBinType "myBin"
=> Bin type of bin 'myBin' : corner

Related Topics

Bin Preferences for Abstract Generation

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