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U2BIN()
Convert Harbour numeric into unsigned long encoded bytes
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Syntax
U2BIN( <nNumber> ) --> cBuffer
Arguments
<nNumber> is a numeric value to convert (decimal digits are
ignored).
Returns
U2BIN() return four bytes character string that contain 32
bit encoded unsigned long integer (least significant
byte first).
Description
U2BIN() is one of the low level binary conversion functions, those
functions convert between Harbour numeric and a character
representation of numeric value. U2BIN() take a numeric integer
value and convert it into four bytes of encoded 32 bit unsigned long
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).
U2BIN() is the opposite of BIN2U()
Status
Ready
Compliance
U2BIN() 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
Library is rtl
See Also: BIN2I() BIN2L() BIN2U() BIN2W() I2BIN() L2BIN() W2BIN() WORD() FWRITE()
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