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FTOC()
Converts a floating point number into a special 8-byte string
Syntax
FTOC(<nFloatingPointNumber>) --> cFloatingPointNumber
Arguments
<nFloatingPointNumber> Designate any Clipper number.
Returns
FTOC() return a string with the size of DOUBLE.
ATTENTION: different implementations or platforms of Harbour, they could produce different format in the string returned by FTOC().
Description
Harbour internal numbers in Floating Point are stored in data type DOUBLE. FTOC() returns these bits as an string. In this way, numbers con be saved more compactly.
Note
. The XTOC() function converts floating point numbers in the same way.
Example
It is not useful to display the return value on the screen:
NumberString := FTOC(274711.335) // 8 byte string
Platforms
All
Files
Source is ftoc.c, library is libct.
See also
CTOF(), XTOC()
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