From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: HELP - typeinfo/typeid Date: 3 Dec 1999 16:35:35 GMT Organization: Ericsson Erisoft AB, Sweden Lines: 21 Message-ID: <828rgn$m4o$4@antares.lu.erisoft.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: propus-144.lu.erisoft.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com sl (junk AT bbs DOT darktech DOT org) wrote: : Hello, : I have tried using typeid() to identify the characteristics of my : variables at runtime.. For example, I have a class "VESA1_2", but when I run: : cout << typeid(VESA1_2).name() << endl; : on it for example, I get "Q22sc7VESA1_2" as the output.. What is the : syntax of the output of typeid() and typeid().name()? : Thank you in advance, : Gili Perhaps reading the source would enlight you? Pettersson, Symphony 8, MartinS