MKLongIntfunction

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

Syntax

Declare Function MKLongInt ( ByVal number As LongInt ) As String

Parameters

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

Return value

Returns a String with a binary copy of the LongInt.

Description

Does a binary copy from a LongInt variable to a string, setting its length to 8 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a longint by CVLongInt

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

Remarks

Usage



result = MKLongInt[$]( number )

Dialect Differences

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

New to FreeBASIC

Example

Dim a As LongInt, b As String

a = 4534

b = MKLongInt(a)

Print a, CVLongInt(b)

Sleep

Reference

Documented in KeyPgMklongint.html