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FT Conversion

Posted on by vivaclipper 
 FT_BYT2BIT()     Convert byte to string of 1's and 0's
 FT_BYT2HEX()     Convert byte to hexadecimal version of its binary value
 FT_D2E()         Convert decimal to scientific notation
 FT_DEC2BIN()     Convert decimal to binary
 FT_E2D()         Convert scientific notation string to a decimal
 FT_ESCCODE()     Convert Lotus style escape codes
 FT_HEX2DEC()     Convert a hex number to decimal
 FT_INVCLR()      Get the inverse of a color
 FT_NTOW()        Translate numeric value to words
 FT_SQZN()        Compress a numeric value into a character string
 FT_STOD()        Convert a date string to a Clipper date data type
 FT_UNSQZN()      Uncompress a numeric compressed by FT_SQZN()
 FT_XTOY()        Convert from any data type to any other data type

FT_XTOY

Posted on by vivaclipper 
FT_XTOY()
 Convert from any data type to any other data type

 Syntax

      FT_XTOY( <xValueToConvert>, <cTypeToConvertTo> ;
               [, <lWantYesNo> ] ) -> xResult

 Arguments

     <xValueToConvert> is the value to convert.

     <cTypeToConvertTo> is the type of value to convert to
     ("C","D","L","N","A" or "B").

     <lWantYesNo> is a logical to signal if 'Y' or 'N' is to be returned
     if Converting a logical, otherwise '.T.' or '.F.' will be returned
     for logicals.

 Returns

     The original value converted to the new type.

 Description

     This function converts a value of character, date, numeric, logical,
     array or code block type to any of the other type.  While it is
     guaranteed to return a value of the correct type, that value may not
     be meaningful (i.e., converting from a code block returns an EMPTY()
     value of the desired type).

 Examples

     nNumericValue := FT_XTOY(cInputValue, "N")
     IF (FT_XTOY(nInputValue, "L"))

 Source: ANY2ANY.PRG

 Author: David Husnian