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W2Bin Function

X#
Convert a word to a string containing a 16-bit unsigned integer.

Namespace:  XSharp.Core
Assembly:  XSharp.Core (in XSharp.Core.dll) Version: 2.21
Syntax
 FUNCTION W2Bin(
	wValue AS WORD
) AS STRING
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Parameters

wValue
Type: Word
The value to convert. Decimal values are truncated.

Return Value

Type: String
Remarks
W2Bin() is a conversion function that converts a word into a 2-byte string. Typical applications include reading foreign file types in their native format and then saving, reading, decrypting, and transmitting numeric data in their compressed binary form instead of in strings.
Its inverse is Bin2W().
Examples
This example uses W2Bin() to store the current procedure line to a debugging file:
X#
 1FUNCTION ErrorLines() AS LOGIC
 2    LOCAL nh
 3    LOCAL lSuccess := FALSE AS LOGIC
 4    nh := FOpen2("data.bin", FO_READWRITE)
 5    // Assumes that file debug.bin already exists
 6    IF nh != F_ERROR
 7        FWrite(nh, W2Bin(ProcLine()))
 8        FWrite(nh, W2Bin(ProcLine(1)))
 9        FClose(nh)
10        lSuccess := TRUE
11    ELSE
12        ? "An error occurred when opening debug.bin"
13        FError()
14    ENDIF
15    RETURN lSuccess
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