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Return the type of value represented by this object as one of the enumeration values defined in `DataType`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdld&lowbar;datum&period;h&gt;`

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xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/DataType.adoc[Datum::DataType]
type() const;
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== Return Value

the `DataType` enumerator for the value held by this object


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