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Return Types

System functions returns values of several types. In a few cases, the return type depends on the input parameters or on whether the function is returning a “null”. In most cases, system functions return Java types rather than pure Javascript values. For instance, system functions that are described as returning a String are actually returning a Java.lang.String. Typically, you can ignore the difference between Java.lang.String and String. In some cases, this difference impacts behavior when executing and expression or script. In the case of typeof x, where x is a variable holding the returned value from a system function, the return type is “object”, rather than “string”.

For each system function return type, the following table describes the effect on the following variables:

• A Javascript variable being assigned the return value
• A CA Process Automation dataset variable being created