MKL

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgMkl
• Last revised: 2020-09-12

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Does a binary copy from a long variable to a string, setting its length to 4 bytes

Syntax

` declare function Mkl ( byval number as long ) as string

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Usage

` result = Mkl( number )

`

Parameters

number

A long variable to binary copy to a string.

Return Value

Returns a string with a binary copy of the long.

Description

Does a binary copy from a Long variable to a string, setting its length to 4 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a Long by Cvl.

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

Examples

start GeSHi

Dim a As Long, b As String
a = 4534
b = MKL(a)
Print a, CVL(b)
Sleep

end GeSHi

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

See also

• Mkd
• Mki
• Mks
• Cvd
• Cvi
• Cvl
• Cvs

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