MKDfunction

Does a binary copy from a Double variable to a String, setting its length to 8 bytes

Syntax

Declare Function MKD ( ByVal number As Double ) As String

Parameters

Name		Description
`number`		A `Double` variable to binary copy to a `String`.

Return value

Returns a String with a binary copy of the Double.

Description

Does a binary copy from a Double variable to a String, setting its length to 8 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a Double by CVD.

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

Remarks

Usage



result = MKD[$]( 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

Example

Dim n As Double, e As String

n = 1.2345

e = MKD(n)

Print n, CVD(e)

Reference

Documented in KeyPgMkd.html