isBinary

Determines whether a value is stored as binary data.

isBinary(value) → returns boolean

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See Also:   toBase64   toBinary   spreadsheetReadBinary   fileReadBinary

Argument Reference

value any
Required

Examples
Sample code invoking the isBinary function

toBase64() returns base64 encoded data which is not binary

isBinary( toBase64(1) )

Expected Result: false

toBinary() expects base64 encoded data and returns binary data

isBinary( toBinary(toBase64(1)) )

Expected Result: true

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