The MKS$ function encodes a SINGLE numerical value into a 4-byte ASCII STRING value.

Syntax

result$ = MKS$(singlePrecisionVariableOrLiteral#)

Description

• singlePrecisionVariableOrLiteral# is converted to four ASCII characters. To see this in action, try PRINT MKS$(1345678).
• SINGLE values can range up to 7 decimal point digits. Decimal point accuracy depends on whole value places taken.
• MKS$ string values can be converted back to SINGLE numerical values using the CVS function.
• SINGLE numerical variable values PUT into a BINARY file are automatically placed as an MKS$ ASCII string value.

See Also

• MKI$, MKD$, MKL$
• CVD, CVI, CVS, CVL
• _MK$, _CV