%UNSIGNED
Return the unsigned binary value of a numeric expression
WTSupported in traditional Synergy on Windows
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WNSupported in Synergy .NET on Windows
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USupported on UNIX
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VSupported on OpenVMS
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value = %UNSIGNED(expression)
Return value
value
The unsigned binary value of expression. (n)
Arguments
expression
A numeric expression. (n)
Discussion
%UNSIGNED returns an unsigned value for the specified expression. For noninteger variables, the routine operates the same as %ABS. Literals are treated as integers. Negative 4-byte integers on 32-bit machines are returned as positive i8 variables. Negative i8 integers always generate an “Arithmetic operand exceeds maximum size” error ($ERR_BIGNUM).
Examples
In the following example, jvar is set to 254.
record ivar ,i1 ,-2 jvar ,i4 proc jvar = %unsigned(ivar) . . .