MKL

Does a binary copy from a Long variable to a String, setting its length to 
4 bytes

Syntax
   Declare Function MKL ( ByVal number As Long ) As String

Usage
   result = MKL( number )

Parameters
   number
      A Long variable to binary copy to a String.

Return Value
   Returns a String with a binary copy of the Long.

Description
   Does a binary copy from a Long variable to a String, setting its length 
   to 4 bytes. The resulting string can be read back to a Long by CVL.

   This function is useful to write numeric values to buffers without using 
   a Type definition.

Example
   Dim a As Long, b As String
   a = 4534
   b = MKL(a)
   Print a, CVL(b)
   Sleep

Dialect Differences
   * The string type suffix "$" is required in the -lang qb dialect.
   * The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite dialect.
   * The string type suffix "$" is ignored in the -lang fb dialect, warn 
     only with the -w suffix compile option (or -w pedantic compile 
     option).

Differences from QB
   * None

See also
   * MKD
   * MKI
   * MKS
   * CVD
   * CVI
   * CVL
   * CVS

