CvLarge Function

Purpose

Converts eight characters in a string to a 64 bit integer.

Syntax

large = CvLarge(a$ [,offset% = 1])

Description

CvLarge takes eight characters starting at offset in a string as a number. CvLarge is equivalent to Cv8. CvLarge returns 0 if the string length is less than eight.

Example

OpenW 1

Print CvLarge("Hello GFA")    // 5064051968933913928

Print CvLarge("Hello GFA", 2) // 4703525065468963941

Remarks

CvLarge() is the reverse function of MkLarge$().

See Also

Asc(), Cvi(), Cvs(), Cvd(), Chr$(), Mki$(), Mkl$(), Mks$(), Mkd$()

{Created by Sjouke Hamstra; Last updated: 27/09/2014 by James Gaite}