uses Variants;

procedure VariantDemo;
var
vDemo: Variant;
bTest: Boolean;
begin
// EMPTY
vDemo := Unassigned; // assign EMPTY to variant
bTest := VarIsEmpty(vDemo); // check if variant is EMPTY
// NULL
vDemo := NULL; // assign NULL to variant
bTest := VarIsNull(vDemo); // check if variant is NULL
// numeric
vDemo := 8.8; // assign a float to variant
bTest := VarIsNumeric(vDemo); // check if variant is numeric
// text
vDemo := 'demo'; // assign a string to variant
bTest := VarIsStr(vDemo); // check if variant contains text
// COM methods can define obtional parameters. if you are
// working with typelibraries you have to pass a parameter
// nevertheless, then you can pass "EmptyParam"
vDemo := EmptyParam;
bTest := VarIsEmptyParam(vDemo);
end;