MKSHORT

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

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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

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Usage

` result = Mkshort$

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Parameters

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.

Examples

start GeSHi

Dim a As Short, b As String
a = 4534
b = MKShort(a)
Print a, CVShort(b)
Sleep

end GeSHi

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.

See also

• Cvshort

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