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MKSMBF$

Converts a single-precision value stored in IEEE format to an 4-byte string containing the value in Microsoft binary format for output to a random-access file by PUT#.

Syntax

MKSMBF$(numeric_expression)

Comments

numeric_expression is a single-precision numeric expression.

CVDMBF, CVSMBF, MKDMBF$ and MKSMBF$ are useful for maintaining data files created with earlier versions of BASIC.

Example

TYPE EmpRec 
  ename AS STRING * 20
  salary AS STRING * 4
END TYPE

DIM employee AS EmpRec
OPEN "SALARY.DAT" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN=LEN(employee)
employee.ename = "Jones"
employee.salary = MKSMBF$(65000)
PUT #1, 1, employee
CLOSE #1

See Also

• CVDMBF$, CVSMBF$, MKDMBF$