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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