PRO idltype, var, vartype, vartype_str

; Description: This module determines the IDL variable type code "vartype" for the variable 
;              "var". The module also returns a string "vartype_str" describing the variable 
;              type.
;
; Input Parameters:
;
;   var - ANY TYPE - The variable for which the IDL variable type code is to be determined.
;
; Output Parameters:
;
;   vartype - INTEGER - The IDL variable type code for the variable "var".
;   vartype_str - STRING - The name of the IDL variable type for the variable "var".
;
; Author: Dan Bramich (dmb@ing.iac.es)
;
; History:
;
;   14/01/2009 - Module created (dmb)

;Determine the IDL variable type code for "var"

;Convert the IDL variable type code to a string describing the variable type