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String - Int - String by Banshee (Posted 21 years ago)
This simple code converts an integer number to a 4 byte ASCII string which is useful for transmitting numbers in a compressed format in multiplayer applications, rather than sending numbers in the usual ASCII format (myInteger=myString$) which could result in up to 11 bytes of data - plus a 2 byte key for the length... The =intToString() function returns to the global variable st$ for use. The =stringToInt() return it's result directly. Usage example: myVariable=-2147483648 intToString(myVariable) print stringToInt(st$) This isn't the most wonderful or complex code in the world but I needed it for myself and thought i'd share.
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(Posted 21 years ago)

I found a better way of doing it when I came to solve the problem of floats.

usage:
floatToString(<float>)
print st$
stringToFloat(<string>)
print rFloat

global st$,rFloat#

Function floatToString(value#)
	floatBank=CreateBank(4)
	PokeFloat floatBank,0,value
	st$=Chr$(PeekByte(floatBank,0)) + Chr$(PeekByte(floatBank,1)) + Chr$(PeekByte(floatBank,2)) + Chr$(PeekByte(floatBank,3))
	FreeBank floatBank
End Function
Function stringToFloat(st$)
	floatBank=CreateBank(4)
	PokeByte floatBank,0,Asc(Mid(st,1))
	PokeByte floatBank,1,Asc(Mid(st,2))
	PokeByte floatBank,2,Asc(Mid(st,3))
	PokeByte floatBank,3,Asc(Mid(st,4))
	rFloat#=PeekFloat(floatBank,0)
	FreeBank floatBank
End Function
Function intToString(value)
	intBank=CreateBank(4)
	PokeInt intBank,0,value
	st$=Chr$(PeekByte(intBank,0)) + Chr$(PeekByte(intBank,1)) + Chr$(PeekByte(intBank,2)) + Chr$(PeekByte(intBank,3))
	FreeBank intBank	
End Function
Function stringToInt(st$)
	intBank=CreateBank(4)
	PokeByte intBank,0,Asc(Mid(st,1))
	PokeByte intBank,1,Asc(Mid(st,2))
	PokeByte intBank,2,Asc(Mid(st,3))
	PokeByte intBank,3,Asc(Mid(st,4))
	value=PeekInt(intBank,0)
	FreeBank intBank
	Return value
End Function

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