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()