String.DecodeAsType(String) Method

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Description

Decodes the calling String from a binary form into a Variable value using the binary data format specified by dataType.

 

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Method Signature

String.DecodeAsType(

String dataType)

 

 

Arguments

dataType


Description:

Data type of the value to decode.

Valid Values:

Value

Label

"schar"

signed 1 byte integer

"signed char"

signed 1 byte integer

"char"

signed 1 byte integer

"int8"

signed 1 byte integer

"integer*1"

signed 1 byte integer

"uchar"

unsigned 1 byte integer

"unsigned char"

unsigned 1 byte integer

"uint8"

unsigned 1 byte integer

"short"

signed 2 byte integer

"int16"

signed 2 byte integer

"integer*2"

signed 2 byte integer

"unsigned short"

unsigned 2 byte integer

"uint16"

unsigned 2 byte integer

"int"

signed 4 byte integer

"int32"

signed 4 byte integer

"integer*4"

signed 4 byte integer

"uint32"

unsigned 4 byte integer

"unsigned int"

unsigned 4 byte integer

"unsigned long"

unsigned 4 byte integer

"int64"

signed 8 byte integer

"integer*8"

signed 8 byte integer

"uint64"

unsigned 8 byte integer

"float32"

4 byte floating point number

"real*4"

4 byte floating point number

"float"

4 byte floating point number

"float64"

8 byte floating point number

"real*8"

8 byte floating point number

"double"

8 byte floating point number

 

 

 

 

Return Value

Type:

number

 

 

Returns a Variable containing the decoded form of the binary calling String.

 

Syntax

myVariable1 = myString1.DecodeAsType(myString2);

 

 

See also

String Object

Parsing Dates and Times

Parsing Arbitrary String Data

Parsing Arbitrary String Data