MKLONGINT

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• Last revised: 2020-09-12

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Does a binary copy from a longint variable to a string, setting its length to 8 bytes

Syntax

` declare function Mklongint ( byval number as longint ) as string

`

Usage

` result = Mklongint$

`

Parameters

number

A longint variable to binary copy to a string.

Return Value

Returns a string with a binary copy of the longint.

Description

Does a binary copy from a Longint variable to a string, setting its length to 8 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a longint by Cvlongint

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

Examples

start GeSHi

Dim a As LongInt, b As String
a = 4534
b = MKLongInt(a)
Print a, CVLongInt(b)
Sleep

end GeSHi

Dialect Differences

• Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Mklongint.
• 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

• New to FreeBASIC

See also

• Cvlongint

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