Mkshort

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MKShort

Copies a Short's bytes into a 2-byte string.

Syntax

Declare Function MKShort ( ByVal number As Short ) As String

Parameters

• number

Description

Does a binary copy from a SHORT variable to a string, setting its length to 2 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a Short by CVShort

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 Short.

Remarks

Usage

result = MKShort[$](number)

Dialect Differences

• Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Mkshort. 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

• In QBasic this function is called MKI.

See also

• CVShort

Examples

Dim a As Short, b As String

a = 4534

b = MKShort(a)

Print a, CVShort(b)

Sleep

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