MKLfunction

Does a binary copy from a Long variable to a String, setting its length to 4 bytes

Syntax

Declare Function MKL ( ByVal number As Long ) As String

Parameters

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

Return value

Returns a String with a binary copy of the Long.

Description

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

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

Remarks

Usage



result = MKL( 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 a As Long, b As String

a = 4534

b = MKL(a)

Print a, CVL(b)

Sleep

Reference

Documented in KeyPgMkl.html