16 bit numbers?

[Dar Scott]

On Jun 26, 2004, at 1:20 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:

> Try setting the useUnicode to true before using numToChar.

This will be in a host dependent order, so watch for that.

When using using numToChar() and charToNum() for binary conversion, you 
can use division and multiplication by a power of 2 for shifting.  You 
can use mod and round as well as the bit ops (bitAnd, bitOr, bitXor, 
bitNot) to mask data.  So there is a way to do all of your binary 
conversions with these.

Though there are some holes in formats, the binaryEncode and 
binaryDecode functions can also handle binary conversions.

Dar Scott