AT&T 6300 Programmer's Manual page 222

CVI, CVS, CVD
Functions
Converts string values to numeric values.
Syntax 1
Syntax 2
Syntax 3
Remarks
Example
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CVI( 2-byte-string )
CVS( 4-byte-string )
CVD( 8-byte-string )
Numeric values that are read in from a
random file buffer must be converted from
strings back into numbers.
CVI converts a "2-byte-string" to an
integer.
CVS converts a "4-byte-string" to a single
precision number.
CVD converts an "8-byte-string" to a double
precision number.
See also "MKI$, MKS$, MKD$" functions,
later in this chapter.
70 FIELD #1,4 AS NI, 12 AS BI
80 GET #1
90 Y
=
CVS(NI)