Determine whether the value in a variant type variable is an integer or a string

Problem/Question/Abstract:

I am using a function which has a variant in its parameters. Depending on that value - if that is an integer or a string - I create different returns. What is the appropriate way to know if the value in a variant type variable is an integer or a string?

Answer:

{ ... }
var
  vt: TVarType;
begin
  vt := VarType(v);
  if vt in [varSmallInt, varInteger, varShortInt, varByte, varWord, varLongWord,
    varInt64] then
    { ... }
  else if vt in [varOleStr, varStrArg, varString] then
    { ... }
  else
    raise EVariantError.Create('Unsupported variant type');
end;