MKLongInt
Does a binary copy from a `LongInt` variable to a `String`, setting its length to 8 bytes
Syntax
`
Declare Function MKLongInt ( ByVal number As LongInt ) As String
`
Usage
`
result = MKLongInt[$]( number )
`
Parameters
`number`
A `LongInt` variable to binary copy to a `String`.
Return Value
Returns a `String` with a binary copy of the `LongInt`.
Description
Does a binary copy from a `LongInt` variable to a string, setting its length to 8 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a longint by `CVLongInt`
This function is useful to write numeric values to buffers without using a `Type` definition.
Example
`
Dim a As LongInt, b As String
a = 4534
b = MKLongInt(a)
Print a, CVLongInt(b)
Sleep
`
Dialect Differences

- Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias `__Mklongint`.
- 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

- New to FreeBASIC

See also

- `CVLongInt`