Does a binary copy from a
Double variable to a
String, setting its length to 8 bytes
Syntax
Usage
result = MKD[$]( number )
Parameters
Return Value
Description
Does a binary copy from a
Double variable to a
String, setting its length to 8 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a
Double by
CVD.
This function is useful to write numeric values to buffers without using a
Type definition.
Example
Dim n As Double, e As String
n = 1.2345
e = MKD(n)
Print n, CVD(e)
Dialect Differences
- The string type suffix "$" 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
See also