15.5.612 symclass

symclass(symbol [, /follow])

Returns the symbol class of symbol. By default, pointers are evaluated so that the symbol class of the pointer’s target is returned. Use symclass(symbol, /nofollow) to check if a symbol is itself a pointer.

See also: symdtype, dimen, num_elem, num_dim, isarray, isscalar, isstring, classname, #class