description:
Returns the SDDS data type of a named array in the data set.
synopsis:
#include "SDDS.h"
long SDDS_GetArrayType(SDDS_TABLE *SDDS_table, long array_index)
arguments:
SDDS_table : Address of the SDDS_TABLE structure for the data set.
array_index: The integer index of the array in the data set. Returned by
SDDS_DefineArray or obtained from SDDS_GetArrayIndex.
return value:
On success, returns a non-negative integer giving the SDDS data type; this will be one of the constants (defined in SDDS.h)
SDDS_DOUBLE, SDDS_FLOAT, SDDS_LONG, SDDS_SHORT, SDDS_CHARACTER, or SDDS_STRING.
On failure, returns -1 and records an error message.