MKShort
Does a binary copy from a `Short` variable to a `String`, setting its length to 2 bytes
Syntax
`
Declare Function MKShort ( ByVal number As Short ) As String
`
Usage
`
result = MKShort[$](number)
`
Parameters
`number`
A `Short` variable to binary copy to a `String`.
Return Value
Returns a `String` with a binary copy of the `Short`.
Description
Does a binary copy from a SHORT variable to a string, setting its length to 2 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a `Short` by `CVShort`
This function is useful to write numeric values to buffers without using a `Type` definition.
Example
`
Dim a As Short, b As String
a = 4534
b = MKShort(a)
Print a, CVShort(b)
Sleep
`
Dialect Differences

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

- In QBasic this function is called `MKI`.

See also

- `CVShort`