16 bit numbers?

[John Rule]

Thanks for the tip Dar...this definitely needed to be reversed for my Mac!

JR


> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:39:59 -0600
> From: Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com>
> Subject: Re: 16 bit numbers?
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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> 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