byte

Convert to an unsigned byteacter value or create an unsigned byteacter variable.

Syntax

result = byte ( value ) ;

byte variable [= value] ;

Arguments

list value

• A value of any type.

Return Value

byte result

• byteacter

  A signed 8 bit value.

  The STATUS variable is set to $ACKNOWLEDGE

• When the argument is an array variable, all the elements in the array are converted, and the result will be a vector array

Exceptions

%ARGUMENT : Invalid arguments. Usage: byte variable [= value] ;

%IDENTIFIER : 'variable' argument is not a valid identifier, literal, or reference

Description

byte -128 to +127

ubyte 0 to 255

• byte and ubyte are interchangable, the sign bit is never lost.
  
• The ubyte format is the same as the binary format except in the manner in which the value is displayed, decimal for ubyte and hexidecimal for binary.
  

A byte and ubyte formats are a one-byte signed and unsigned integer, respectively. The values range from0x00 through 0xff, which in the signed byte case is between -128 and +127, and between 0 and 255 for the unsigned byte.

Examples

To execute the example below, press or modify the example to try different variations. put byte ( 127 ) ; //== 128 put byte ( 128 ) ; //== -128 put byte ( 255 ) ; //== -1 put byte ( 256 ) ; //== 0 put byte ( 257 ) ; //== 1

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ubyte