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System Debug Reference Manual

func bin 

Converts a string expression to return a binary value.

Syntax 

      bin (strexp)

Formal Declaration 

      bin:any (strexp:str)

Parameters 

strexp           A string expression to be converted from ASCII into
                 binary.

Examples 

     %cmdebug > wl bin("1+2") 
     %3

The contents of the string "1+2" are evaluated as an expression, and the
result (3) is converted into a binary value.

Limitations, Restrictions 

If the string parameter strexp contains an expression that, when
evaluated, results in a string, the resulting string is returned.  It is
not converted into a binary value.  For example:

     $nmdat > wl bin ('"A"+"B"') 
     AB
     $nmdat > wl typeof(bin('"A"+"B"')) 
     STR

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