$FLTB string function

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$FLTB string function

Syntax

$FLTB (value)

Function

Return a 4-byte string containing the binary representation of a real value in single-precision IEEE floating-point format.

Parameter

value Real-valued expression, the value of which is converted to its IEEE floating-point binary representation.

Details

A real value is converted to its binary representation using the IEEE single-precision standard floating-point format. This 32-bit value is packed as four successive 8-bit characters in a string. See the FLTB real-valued function for a more detailed description of IEEE floating-point format.

The main use of this function is to convert a real value to its binary representation in an output record of a data file.

Example
$FLTB(1.215) 	
;Returns a character string equivalent to:
$CHR(^H3F)+$CHR(^H9B)+$CHR(^H85)+$CHR(^H1F)
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