MKL
Does a binary copy from a `Long` variable to a `String`, setting its length to 4 bytes
Syntax
`
Declare Function MKL ( ByVal number As Long ) As String
`
Usage
`
result = MKL( number )
`
Parameters
`number`
A `Long` variable to binary copy to a `String`.
Return Value
Returns a `String` with a binary copy of the `Long`.
Description
Does a binary copy from a `Long` variable to a `String`, setting its length to 4 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a `Long` by `CVL`.
This function is useful to write numeric values to buffers without using a `Type` definition.
Example
`
Dim a As Long, b As String
a = 4534
b = MKL(a)
Print a, CVL(b)
Sleep
`
Dialect Differences

- The string type suffix "$" is required in the -lang qb dialect.
- The string type suffix "$" 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

- None

See also

- `MKD`
- `MKI`
- `MKS`
- `CVD`
- `CVI`
- `CVL`
- `CVS`