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BIN2L()
Convert a 32-bit signed integer to a numeric value
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Syntax
BIN2L(<cSignedInt>) --> nNumber
Arguments
<cSignedInt> is a character string in the form of a 32-bit signed
integer number--least significant byte first. Only the first four
characters are used by the function; all others are ignored.
Returns
BIN2L() returns an integer numeric value.
Description
BIN2L() is a low-level file function that is used with FREAD() to
convert a four-byte character string formatted as a signed integer to a
CA-Clipper numeric data type. This is most useful when you are reading
foreign file types and want to read numeric data in its native format.
Examples
. This example opens a database file using low-level file
functions and reads the number of records (bytes 4-7). The result is
the same as with LASTREC():
#include "Fileio.ch"
//
nHandle := FOPEN("Sales.dbf", FO_READ)
// Note: Sales.dbf contains 84 records
//
// Point to byte 4
FSEEK(nHandle, 4, FS_SET)
//
// Read the number of records
cRecords := SPACE(4)
FREAD(nHandle, @cRecords, 4)
//
? LTRIM(STR(BIN2L(cRecords))) // Result: 84
FCLOSE(nHandle)
Files Library is EXTEND.LIB, source file is SOURCE\SAMPLE\EXAMPLEA.ASM
See Also:
BIN2I()
BIN2W()
FREAD()
FREADSTR()
I2BIN()
L2BIN()
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