MKSfunction

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

Syntax

Declare Function MKS ( ByVal number As Single ) As String

Parameters

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

Return value

Returns a String with a binary copy of the Single.

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.

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

Example

Dim n As Single, e As String

n = 1.2345

e = MKS(n)

Print n, CVS(e)

Reference

Documented in KeyPgMks.html