Mks

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MKS

Copies a Single's bytes into a 4-byte string.

Syntax

Declare Function MKS ( ByVal number As Single ) As String

Parameters

• number

Description

Does a binary copy from a Single variable to a String, setting its length to 4 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a Single by CVS.

This function is useful to write numeric values to buffers without using a Type definition.

Return Value

Returns a String with a binary copy of the Single.

Remarks

Usage

result = MKS[$]( number )

Dialect Differences

• The string type suffix "$" is required in the -lang qb dialect. The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite dialect.
  The string type suffix "$" is ignored in the -lang fb dialect, warn only with the -w suffix compile option (or -w pedantic compile option).

Differences from QB

• None

See also

• MKI
• MKL
• MKD
• CVD
• CVI
• CVL
• CVS

Examples

Dim n As Single, e As String

n = 1.2345

e = MKS(n)

Print n, CVS(e)

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