CVI, CVL, CVS, CVD, and CVC Functions
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 Action

 Converts strings containing numeric values to numbers.


 Syntax

  CVI( 2-byte-string)

  CVL( 4-byte-string)

  CVS( 4-byte-string)

  CVD( 8-byte-string)

  CVC( 8-byte-string)


 Remarks

  CVI,  CVL,  CVS,  CVD, and  CVC are used with a  FIELD statement to read
 numbers from a random-access file. These functions take strings defined in
 the  FIELD statement and convert them to a value of the corresponding
 numeric type. The functions are the inverse of  MKI$,  MKL$,  MKS$,  MKD$,
 and  MKC$.

 The following table describes these string conversion functions.

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 Function                                Description
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  CVSMBF                                 Converts  4-byte-string containing
                                         a Microsoft-Binary-format number
                                         to a single-precision IEEE-format
                                         number.

  CVDMBF                                 Converts  8-byte-string containing
                                         a Microsoft-Binary-format number
                                         to a double-precision IEEE-format
                                         number.