# Variant

VTKExamples/Cxx/Utilities/Variant

### Code

Variant.cxx

    #include <vtkVariant.h>

    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      double dVal = vtkVariant("2").ToDouble();
      std::cout << "dVal: " << dVal << std::endl;
      std::string strVal = vtkVariant(dVal).ToString();
      std::cout << "strVal: " << strVal << std::endl;
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(Variant)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(Variant MACOSX_BUNDLE Variant.cxx )

    target_link_libraries(Variant ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build Variant

Click here to download Variant and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball Variant.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd Variant/build

If VTK is installed:

    cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

    cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

    make

and run it:

    ./Variant

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.