W2BIN()
Convert Harbour numeric into unsigned short encoded bytes
- Syntax
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- W2BIN( <nNumber> ) --> cBuffer
- Arguments
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- <nNumber> is a numeric value to convert (decimal digits are ignored).
- Returns
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- W2BIN() return two bytes character string that contain 16 bit encoded unsigned short integer (least significant byte first).
- Description
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- W2BIN() is one of the low level binary conversion functions, those functions convert between Harbour numeric and a character representation of numeric value. W2BIN() take a numeric integer value and convert it into two bytes of encoded 16 bit unsigned short integer.
- You might ask what is the need for such functions, well, first of all it allow you to read/write information from/to a binary file (like extracting information from DBF header), it is also a useful way to share information from source other than Harbour (C for instance).
- W2BIN() is the opposite of BIN2W()
- Status
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- Ready
- Compliance
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- W2BIN() is an XBase++ compatibility function and does not exist as a standard CA-Clipper 5.x function. This function is only visible if source/rtl/binnum.c was compiled with the HB_COMPAT_XPP flag.
- Files
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- Library is rtl
- See Also