MKShortfunction

Does a binary copy from a Short variable to a String, setting its length to 2 bytes

Syntax

Declare Function MKShort ( ByVal number As Short ) As String

Parameters

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

Return value

Returns a String with a binary copy of the Short.

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.

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.

Example

Dim a As Short, b As String

a = 4534

b = MKShort(a)

Print a, CVShort(b)

Sleep

Reference

Documented in KeyPgMkshort.html