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CVI, CVL, CVS, CVD, and CVC Functions
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CVI(2-byte-string)  ║  CVS(4-byte-string)  ║  CVC(8-byte-string)
CVL(4-byte-string)  ║  CVD(8-byte-string)  ║
 
    ■ CVI, CVL, CVS, CVD, and CVC are used with a FIELD statement to read
      numbers from a random-access file. The functions take strings
      defined in a FIELD statement and convert them to a value of the
      corresponding numeric type.
 
Returns
    CVI returns an integer.
    CVL returns a long integer.
    CVS returns a single-precision number.
    CVD returns a double-precision number.
    CVC returns a currency number.
 
See Also    ◄MKI$, MKL$, MKS$, MKD$, MKC$►  ◄CVSMBF, CVDMBF►  ◄GET (File I/O)►