diff --git a/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.cpp b/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.cpp
index daeff14e9f..767d6d5a3c 100644
--- a/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,59 @@ Variant::Unset()
 }
 
 
+bool
+Variant::IsNumber() const
+{
+	switch (fType) {
+		case B_INT8_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT8_TYPE:
+		case B_INT16_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT16_TYPE:
+		case B_INT32_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT32_TYPE:
+		case B_INT64_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT64_TYPE:
+		case B_FLOAT_TYPE:
+		case B_DOUBLE_TYPE:
+			return true;
+		default:
+			return false;
+	}
+}
+
+
+bool
+Variant::IsInteger() const
+{
+	switch (fType) {
+		case B_INT8_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT8_TYPE:
+		case B_INT16_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT16_TYPE:
+		case B_INT32_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT32_TYPE:
+		case B_INT64_TYPE:
+		case B_UINT64_TYPE:
+			return true;
+		default:
+			return false;
+	}
+}
+
+
+bool
+Variant::IsFloat() const
+{
+	switch (fType) {
+		case B_FLOAT_TYPE:
+		case B_DOUBLE_TYPE:
+			return true;
+		default:
+			return false;
+	}
+}
+
+
 int8
 Variant::ToInt8() const
 {
diff --git a/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.h b/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.h
index b959304c3c..ff743f53ad 100644
--- a/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.h
+++ b/src/apps/debuganalyzer/util/Variant.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ public:
 
 			type_code			Type() const		{ return fType; }
 
+			bool				IsNumber() const;
+			bool				IsInteger() const;
+			bool				IsFloat() const;
+									// floating point, not just float
+
 			int8				ToInt8() const;
 			uint8				ToUInt8() const;
 			int16				ToInt16() const;