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 Used with FIELD and PUT statements to write numbers to a random-access file;
 each function converts a numeric expression of a specific type to a string
 value.
 
    MKx$(numeric-expression%)
 
    ■ x                   One of the following letters, indicating the size
                          and type of the numeric expression to convert:
 
                          Function  Expression Type          Inverse Function
                          ════════  ═══════════════════════  ════════════════
                          MKI$      2-byte integer           CVI
                          MKL$      4-byte long integer      CVL
                          MKS$      4-byte single-precision  CVS
                          MKD$      8-byte double-precision  CVD
                          MKC$      8-byte currency          CVC
 
    ■ numeric-expression% Any valid numeric expression
 
 See Also
    ◄CVx Functions►                    ◄FIELD Statement►
    ◄MKxMBF$ Functions►                ◄PUT Statement (File I/O)►