FGETL

Syntax

FGETL [(#channel)]

Location

BTool

This function reads four bytes, being the internal representation of a longword, from a specified channel (default #1) and returns the longword’s value.

Example

It is preferable to store a large integer in internal format because this is faster than text representation and needs less memory, even if the number could be stored in internal float format:

100 large_int = 1.19344E7
110 :
120 REMark save value
130 OPEN_NEW#3,ram1_test
140 PRINT#3,MKL$(large_int)
150 CLOSE#3: CLEAR
160 :
170 REMark read value
180 OPEN_IN#3,ram1_test
190 large_int = FGETL(#3)
200 CLOSE#3: PRINT large_int

CROSS-REFERENCE

LGET, MKL$. FPUTL allows you to write numbers in internal format to channels. CVL converts strings containing the internal format to long integers.