Bin2DW Function |  |
Convert a string containing a 32-bit unsigned integer to a double word.
Namespace: XSharp.Core
Assembly: XSharp.Core (in XSharp.Core.dll) Version: 2.19
SyntaxFUNCTION Bin2DW( cUnsignedInt AS STRING ) AS DWORD
public static uint Bin2DW( string cUnsignedInt )
Parameters
- cUnsignedInt
- Type: String
A 32-bit unsigned integer represented as a string — least significant byte first. Only the first 4 bytes are used by the function; all others are ignored.
Return Value
Type: DWordRemarks
Bin2DW() is a conversion function that converts the first 4 bytes of a string to a double word. Typical applications include reading foreign file types in their native format then saving, reading, decrypting, and transmitting numeric data in their compressed binary form instead of in strings.
Its inverse is DW2Bin().
Its inverse is DW2Bin().
Examples
This example is passed 4 ASCII characters and returns a number that is 10 digits long:
X#
1? Bin2DW("abcd") // 1684234849
See Also