Declarations Section, CoerceToBoolean Function, CoerceToBooleanFast Function, CoerceToByte Function, CoerceToByteFast Function, CoerceToCurrency Function, CoerceToCurrencyFast Function, CoerceToDate Function, CoerceToDateFast Function, CoerceToDouble Function, CoerceToDoubleFast Function, CoerceToInteger Function, CoerceToIntegerFast Function, CoerceToLong Function, CoerceToLongFast Function, CoerceToSingle Function, CoerceToSingleFast Function, CoerceToVarType Function, MakeBoolean Function, MakeBooleanFast Function, MakeByte Function, MakeByteFast Function, MakeCurrency Function, MakeCurrencyFast Function, MakeDate Function, MakeDateFast Function, MakeDouble Function, MakeDoubleFast Function, MakeInteger Function, MakeIntegerFast Function, MakeLong Function, MakeLongFast Function, MakeSingle Function, MakeSingleFast Function, MakeVarType Function

Declarations Section

Coerce To Boolean Function

"Coerce String To Boolean" Return the Boolean value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first two characters in string vString.

Coerce To Boolean Fast Function

"Coerce String To Boolean (Fast)" Return the Boolean value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first two characters in string vString. Faster version of the CoerceToBoolean function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Byte Function

"Coerce String To Byte" Return the Byte value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first character in string vString. Inverse of the MakeByte function.

Coerce To Byte Fast Function

"Coerce String To Byte (Fast)" Return the Byte value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first character in string vString. Faster version of the CoerceToByte function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Currency Function

"Coerce String To Currency" Return the Currency value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first eight characters in string vString. Inverse of the MakeCurrency function.

Coerce To Currency Fast Function

"Coerce String To Currency (Fast)" Return the Currency value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first eight characters in string vString. Faster version of the CoerceToCurrency function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Date Function

"Coerce String To Date" Return the Date value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first eight characters in string vString. Same as the CVD function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic except that the value is returned as Date instead of a Double. Inverse of the MakeDate function.

Coerce To Date Fast Function

"Coerce String To Date (Fast)" Return the Date value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first eight characters in string vString. Similar to the CVD function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic except that the value is returned as Date instead of a Double. Faster version of the CoerceToDate function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Double Function

"Coerce String To Double" Return the Double value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first eight characters in string vString. Coerce an 8-character string value into a Double precision floating point value. Similar to casting a character string into a double value in the C language. Same as the CVD function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the MakeDouble (MKD) function.

Coerce To Double Fast Function

"Coerce String To Double (Fast)" Return the Double value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first eight characters in string vString. Coerce an 8-character string value into a Double precision floating point value. Similar to casting a character string into a double value in the C language. Similar to the CVD function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Faster version of the CoerceToDouble function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Integer Function

"Coerce String To Integer" Return the Integer value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first two characters in string vString. Same as the CVI function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the MakeInteger (MKI) function.

Coerce To Integer Fast Function

"Coerce String To Integer (Fast)" Return the Integer value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first 2 (two) characters in string vString. Similar to the CVI function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Faster version of the CoerceToInteger function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Long Function

"Coerce String To Long" Return the Long (integer) value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first four characters in string vString. Same as the CVL function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the MakeLong (MKL) function.

Coerce To Long Fast Function

"Coerce String To Long (Fast)" Return the Long value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first 4 (four) characters in string vString. Similar to the CVL function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Faster version of the CoerceToLong function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Single Function

"Coerce String To Single" Return the Single (precision floating-point numeric) value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first four characters in string vString. Same as the CVS function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the MakeSingle (MKS) function.

Coerce To Single Fast Function

"Coerce String To Single (Fast)" Return the Single value whose in-memory representation is the same as the first 4 (four) characters in string vString. Similar to the CVS function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Faster version of the CoerceToSingle function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Coerce To Var Type Function

"Coerce String To Value Of Type" Return the value whose in-memory representation is the same as the corresponding characters in string vString. Applies the appropriate CoerceTo function depending upon the VarType Constant in vVarType.

Make Boolean Function

"Make String From Boolean" or "Coerce Boolean To String" Coerce a Boolean value into a 2-character string. Return the two-character string whose bytes have the same in-memory representation as the Boolean value vValue.

Make Boolean Fast Function

"Make String From Boolean (Fast)" or "Coerce Boolean To String" Coerce a Boolean value into a 2-character string. Return the two-character string whose bytes have the same in-memory representation as the Boolean value vValue. Faster version of the MakeBoolean function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Byte Function

"Make String From Byte" or "Coerce Byte To String" Coerce a Byte value into a 1-character string. Return the one-character string whose in-memory representation is same as the Byte value vValue. Inverse of the CoerceToByte function.

Make Byte Fast Function

"Make String From Byte (Fast)" or "Coerce Byte To String (Fast)" Coerce a Byte value into a 1-character string. Return the one-character string whose in-memory representation is same as the Byte value vValue. Faster version of the MakeByte function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Currency Function

"Make String From Currency" or "Coerce Currency To String" Coerce a Currency value into an 8-character string. Return an eight-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Currency value vValue. Inverse of the CoerceToCurrency function.

Make Currency Fast Function

"Make String From Currency (Fast)" or "Coerce Currency To String (Fast)" Coerce a Currency value into an 8-character string. Return an eight-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Currency value vValue. Inverse of the CoerceToCurrency function. Faster version of the MakeCurrency function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Date Function

"Make String From Date" or "Coerce Date To String" Coerce a Date value (represented as a Double) into an 8-character string. Return an eight-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Date value vValue. Similar to coercing a double value into character string in the C language. Inverse of the CoerceToDate function.

Make Date Fast Function

"Make String From Date (Fast)" or "Coerce Date To String (Fast)" Coerce a Date value (represented as a Double) into an 8-character string. Return an eight-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Date value vValue. Similar to coercing a double value into character string in the C language. Faster version of the MakeDate function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Double Function

"Make String From Double" or "Coerce Double To String" Coerce a Double (precision floating-point numeric) value into an 8-character string. Return an eight-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Double value vValue. Similar to coercing a double value into character string in the C language. Same as the MKD function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the CoerceToDouble function.

Make Double Fast Function

"Make String From Double (Fast)" or "Coerce Double To String (Fast)" Coerce a Double (precision floating-point numeric) value into an 8-character string. Return an eight-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Double value vValue. Similar to coercing a double value into character string in the C language. Faster version of the MakeDouble function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Integer Function

"Make String From Integer" or "Coerce Integer To String" Coerce an Integer value into a 2-character string. Return a two-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Integer value vValue. Similar to coercing an integer value into character string in the C language. Same as the MKI function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the CoerceToInteger function.

Make Integer Fast Function

"Make String From Integer (Fast)" or "Coerce Integer To String (Fast)" Coerce an Integer value into a 2-character string. Return a two-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Integer value vValue. Similar to coercing an integer value into character string in the C language. Faster version of the MakeInteger function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Long Function

"Make String From Long" or "Coerce Long To String" Coerce a Long (integer) value into a 4-character string. Return a four-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Long value vValue. Similar to coercing a long integer value into character string in the C language. Same as the MKL function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the CoerceToLong function.

Make Long Fast Function

"Make String From Long (Fast)" or "Coerce Long To String (Fast)" Coerce a Long (integer) value into a 4-character string. Return a four-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Long value vValue. Similar to coercing a long integer value into character string in the C language. Faster version of the MakeLong function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Single Function

"Make String From Single" or "Coerce Single To String" Coerce a Single (precision floating-point numeric) value into a 4-character string. Return a four-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Single value vValue. Similar to coercing a float value into character string in the C language. Same as the MKS function in earlier versions of Microsoft Basic. Inverse of the CoerceToSingle function.

Make Single Fast Function

"Make String From Single (Fast)" or "Coerce Single To String (Fast)" Coerce a Single (precision floating-point numeric) value into a 4-character string. Return a four-character string containing the in-memory representation of the Single value vValue. Similar to coercing a float value into character string in the C language. Faster version of the MakeSingle function which has restrictive argument types (to avoid argument fix-up overhead).

Make Var Type Function

"Make String From Value" or "Coerce Value To String" Return the in-memory representation of any type of value in the form of a string. Applies the appropriate Make function depending upon the type of the value vValue.

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