# W2BIN()

Convert Harbour numeric into unsigned short encoded bytes

Syntax

  W2BIN( <nNumber> ) --> cBuffer

Arguments

  <nNumber> is a numeric value to convert (decimal digits are ignored).

Returns

  W2BIN() return two bytes character string that contain 16 bit encoded unsigned short integer (least significant byte first).

Description

  W2BIN() is one of the low level binary conversion functions, those functions convert between Harbour numeric and a character representation of numeric value. W2BIN() take a numeric integer value and convert it into two bytes of encoded 16 bit unsigned short integer.
  You might ask what is the need for such functions, well, first of all it allow you to read/write information from/to a binary file (like extracting information from DBF header), it is also a useful way to share information from source other than Harbour (C for instance).
  W2BIN() is the opposite of BIN2W()

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  W2BIN() is an XBase++ compatibility function and does not exist as a standard CA-Clipper 5.x function. This function is only visible if source/rtl/binnum.c was compiled with the HB_COMPAT_XPP flag.

Files

  Library is rtl

See Also

- BIN2I()
- BIN2L()
- BIN2U()
- BIN2W()
- I2BIN()
- L2BIN()
- WORD()
- U2BIN()
- FWRITE()