Does a binary copy from a
Single variable to a
String, setting its length to 4 bytes
Syntax
Usage
result = MKS[$]( number )
Parameters
Return Value
Description
Does a binary copy from a
Single variable to a
String, setting its length to 4 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a
Single by
CVS.
This function is useful to write numeric values to buffers without using a
Type definition.
Example
Dim n As Single, e As String
n = 1.2345
e = MKS(n)
Print n, CVS(e)
Dialect Differences
- The string type suffix "$" 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
See also